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SEPTICEMIA, GRADENIGO'S SYNDROME, ACUTE SURGICAL MASTOIDITIS, ACUTE SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA, FRONTOETHMOIDAL EMPYEMA, GRIP: REPORT OF A CASE WITH POSTMORTEM OBSERVATIONS

EDWARD R. ROBERTS, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1927;6(5):420-425.

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A case of acute otitic temporosphenoidal abscess is reported because of the rarity of the condition. It is said that only six cases of Gradenigo's syndrome associated with temporal abscess are to be found in the literature.¹

REPORT OF CASE

History.—F. D., a boy, aged 16, a student, was first seen on Feb. 14, 1925, giving a history of grip with symptoms referable to the upper respiratory tract. For three weeks there had been marked nasal obstruction with pus.

Examination.—Physical examination gave negative results, except for swollen, boggy turbinal tissue with pus throughout the nasal fossae. He had suffered for several days with severe pain, referred to the ethmoidal regions. So great was the patient's distress, and so clear was the indication for some surgical treatment, that the antrums were washed out through the inferior meatuses. That this was not a case of pansinusitis was proved by clear . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

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