complications of chronic otitis media

Last reviewed 01/2018

Painful chronic ear disease suggests complications such as:

  • acute mastoiditis
  • meningitis
  • extra-dural abscess
  • brain abscess - especially temporal lobe or cerebellum
  • sub-dural abscess
  • labyrinthitis
  • lateral sinus thrombosis
  • facial nerve paralysis
  • petrositis