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Summaries of the Bibliographic Material Available in the Field of Otolaryngology for 1953

B. R. DYSART, M.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1955;61(4):479-490.

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THE SUMMARIES of the 1953 articles on otitis media and complications are listed under several headings. In a few unobtainable papers the abstracts found in Excerpta Medica were used. Comments of the reviewer appear in brackets.

BACTERIOLOGY

Dawes¹ (Oxford, England) reported nine cases of otogenic encephalitis in patients also having myringitis bullosa hemorrhagica. His summary of the literature is very complete. He agrees with others that the organism is probably a virus, possibly the herpes simplex. His patients all recovered, although some had very severe encephalitis. Some developed coma and epileptiform convulsions within a few hours of the appearance of the ear vesicles. Intense pain was characteristic and was not relieved with the onset of discharge, as is usual with acute otitis media. Three cases developed nerve deafness, one of whom had permanent deafness in one ear together with destruction of the labyrinthine function of the same ear. Comparison . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Pasadena, Calif.

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