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Chronic serous or mucoid otitis media
Otite média serosa ou mucoide crônica
CategoryDefinition
Chronic serous or mucoid otitis media is probably the most common form of sub-acute middle ear disease found in the developed world. It typically lingers following otitis media, when the fluid in the ear, formed by the infection, does not clear spontaneously. The tympanic membrane is intact but the middle ear is liquid- fluid filled. This presumably puts the middle ear at risk for further infection and often worsens hearing by about 30 dB. This is most frequently found in children and can interfere with language acquisition and learning.
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Chronic serous or mucoid otitis mediaChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with transudativeChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with exudativeChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with effusionSeromucinous otitis mediaChronic serous or mucoid otitis media with nonpurulent effusionchronic nonsuppurative otitis media with serous effusionseromucinous chronic otitis mediaChronic mucoid otitis mediachronic mucoid otitis media, simple or unspecifiedchronic mucoid otitis media, unspecified earsimple chronic mucoid otitis mediachronic mucinous otitis mediaGlue earserous glue earChronic secretory otitis mediachronic serous secretory otitis mediaotitis media with serous effusionsimple chronic serous otitis mediaChronic transudative otitis mediaCatarrhal chronic otitis mediacatarrhal tubotympanitischronic tubotympanic catarrhtubotympanal catarrh