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Preliminary Report

GABRIEL ACOSTA BENDEK, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;78(1):33-38.

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Introduction

This investigation is concerned with an analysis of the histopathologic changes in the middle ear mucosa of patients with transudatory-secretory otitis media. Although there is considerable variation in the literature with respect to the designation of this condition, the term "transudatory-secretory" has been used to describe what is believe to be the end product of a chronic nonpurulent inflammatory process in the middle ear which has been identified as a common cause of hearing loss in childhood.

The clinical group under study showed conductive hearing loss in every case, had signs of negative air pressure in the tympanic cavity, and were all suspected of possessing fluid in the middle ear space. Prior to treatment and surgery, efforts were made in every case to obtain from the informant any history of repeated earaches and colds or other upper respiratory infections. Eighty per cent of the cases included have a history . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

Senior Resident in Otolaryngology, Temple University Medical Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 25, 1962.

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