Gradenigo syndrome without acute otitis media

Laure Gibier; Vincent Darrouzet; Valérie Franco-Vidal

doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.03.008

Gradenigo syndrome without acute otitis media

Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Sep;41(3):215-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.03.008.

Authors

Laure Gibier¹, Vincent Darrouzet, Valérie Franco-Vidal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology and Skull Base Surgery, Pellegrin University Hospital, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33000, France.

PMID: 19664541
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.03.008

Abstract

Acute otitis media complications are less and less common, thanks to the more widespread availability and use of adequate antibiotics. Nevertheless, when they occur, they may be inconspicuous or silent but with dangerous evolution. Described here is the case of a 5-year-old child suffering from incomplete Gradenigo syndrome without acute otitis media, which was managed medically with favorable outcome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abducens Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Abducens Nerve Diseases / drug therapy*
Abducens Nerve Diseases / physiopathology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bone Diseases, Infectious / diagnosis*
Bone Diseases, Infectious / drug therapy*
Bone Diseases, Infectious / physiopathology
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Otitis Media / diagnosis
Otitis Media / drug therapy
Otitis Media / physiopathology
Petrous Bone* / pathology
Syndrome
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents