A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote community is noted to have chronic nasal discharge and hearing difficulties. Otoscopy shows bilateral tympan...

Question

A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote community is noted to have chronic nasal discharge and hearing difficulties. Otoscopy shows bilateral tympanic membrane scarring and perforation with persistent otorrhoea. Which condition best describes his ear disease?

Accepted Answer

Chronic suppurative otitis media

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Acute otitis media without perforation

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Otitis externa

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Serous otitis media (otitis media with effusion)

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Cholesteatoma

au-racgp MCQ (SBA): Chronic suppurative otitis media

A 3-year-old Aboriginal boy from a remote community is noted to have chronic nasal discharge and hearing difficulties. Otoscopy shows bilateral tympanic membrane scarring and perforation with persistent otorrhoea. Which condition best describes his ear disease?