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Cholesterol content in middle ear fluid in secretory otitis media. 1986

T Palva, and A Helin

The total cholesterol content was determined in 36 mucoid and 2 serous middle ear fluid samples (MEF). The hemoglobin was measured in all samples and the cholesterol value representing blood contamination was subtracted from the total cholesterol content of the sample. The values of the remaining cholesterol ranged from 0.1 to 4.7 mg/ml with a mean of 1.8. No correlation was found between cholesterol content and the size of the fluid sample. Nor was cholesterol content related to the status of mastoid pneumatization or clouding of the air cells. The presence of cholesterol in MEF is probably explained by seepage from the capillaries during the negative pressure phase and, in mucus-filled ears with no negative pressure, by disintegration of white blood cells in the fluid.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010034 Otitis Media with Effusion Inflammation of the middle ear with a clear pale yellow-colored transudate. Middle Ear Effusion,Otitis Media, Secretory,Otitis Media, Serous,Ear Effusion, Middle,Ear Effusions, Middle,Effusion, Middle Ear,Effusions, Middle Ear,Middle Ear Effusions,Secretory Otitis Media,Serous Otitis Media
D002784 Cholesterol The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Epicholesterol
D005122 Exudates and Transudates Exudates are fluids, CELLS, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from BLOOD VESSELS usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE of TISSUES. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or PROTEINS. Transudates,Exudates,Transudates and Exudates,Exudate,Transudate
D006454 Hemoglobins The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements. Eryhem,Ferrous Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Ferrous
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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