Biomaterial Database

Tuberculous mastoiditis and laryngitis: a case report. 1989

P A Bryan, and J H Lancken

Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW.

A case of miliary tuberculosis is presented. The patient was an Asian immigrant, and presented to hospital with acute mastoiditis with apparent secondary cerebellar abscess formation. He later developed laryngeal tuberculosis, which required a tracheostomy, and a cerebral tuberculoma.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008417	Mastoiditis	Inflammation of the honeycomb-like MASTOID BONE in the skull just behind the ear. It is usually a complication of OTITIS MEDIA.	Mastoiditides
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002526	Cerebellar Diseases	Diseases that affect the structure or function of the cerebellum. Cardinal manifestations of cerebellar dysfunction include dysmetria, GAIT ATAXIA, and MUSCLE HYPOTONIA.	Cerebellar Dysfunction,Cerebellum Diseases,Cerebellar Disorders,Cerebellar Syndromes,Cerebellar Disease,Cerebellar Disorder,Cerebellar Dysfunctions,Cerebellar Syndrome,Cerebellum Disease,Disease, Cerebellar,Disease, Cerebellum,Disorder, Cerebellar,Dysfunction, Cerebellar,Syndrome, Cerebellar
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D014375	Tuberculoma	A tumor-like mass resulting from the enlargement of a tuberculous lesion.	Tuberculomas
D014387	Tuberculosis, Laryngeal	Tuberculosis involving the larynx, producing ulceration of the VOCAL CORDS and the LARYNGEAL MUCOSA.	Laryngeal Tuberculosis,Tuberculosis of Larynx,Laryngeal Tuberculoses,Larynx Tuberculoses,Larynx Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Laryngeal
D014391	Tuberculosis, Miliary	An acute form of TUBERCULOSIS in which minute tubercles are formed in a number of organs of the body due to dissemination of the bacilli through the blood stream.	Miliary Tuberculoses,Miliary Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Miliary