Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

Chronic discharging ear and pathology of pharyngeal end of Eustachian Tube

Md. Izhar Khan, Kalpana Dasgupta, Seema Patel, Ketki Pimpalkhute

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Chronic otitis media (C0M) active squamosal &amp; mucosal type is main cause of ear discharge. Eustachian tube<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(ET) dysfunction mainly due to pathology in cartilaginous part is important factor leading to COM.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Aims</span></u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> &ndash; To evaluate status of ET in active COM leading to discharge from middle ear.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Patients &amp; Methods </span></u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">&ndash; One hundred eighty four patients of active COM were selected. Hundred patients of non discharging ear with normal ear drum were studied as control group.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Results</span></u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> &ndash; Pathological pharyngeal end of ET was found in 46.19% of COM while in control group 09% had abnormal ET.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Conclusion</span></u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> &ndash; Pathological pharyngeal end of ET seems to be important cause for middle ear discharge due to COM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>