Conservative management of Gradenigo's syndrome in a child.

Abstract

Gradenigo's syndrome, the triad of suppurative otitis media, abducens nerve palsy and pain in the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve, remains a rare complication of otitis media. A case in a paediatric patient is described, successfully managed conservatively. There is little evidence to support increased use of antibiotics in acute otitis media to prevent this complication.

• Authors: Thomas E Rossor, Yvonne C Anderson, Nicholas B Steventon, Lesley M Voss
• Journal: BMJ case reports (BMJ Case Rep) Vol. 2011 (Apr 19 2011) ISSN: 1757-790X [Electronic] England
• PMID: 22696630 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Child
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Female
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Petrositis (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology, therapy)
• Petrous Bone (pathology)