A fatal case of Gradenigo's syndrome in Zimbabwe and the Danish-Zimbabwean ENT collaboration

P V F Jensen; M B Avnstorp; T Dzongodza; C Chidziva; C von Buchwald

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.04.014

A fatal case of Gradenigo's syndrome in Zimbabwe and the Danish-Zimbabwean ENT collaboration

P V F Jensen, M B Avnstorp, T Dzongodza, C Chidziva, C von Buchwald

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology

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Abstract

As a part of a bilateral educational exchange program two Danish ENT residents were invited to Zimbabwe in 2015. During this exchange a 9-year-old girl was admitted due to complications to acute otitis media (AOM). She developed Gradenigo's syndrome and later on a brain abscess leading to a fatal outcome. Life threatening complications to AOM are rare in developed countries today but are still a challenge in developing countries. We put forward this case from a developing country to bring focus to the fact that a fatal outcome is the consequence if specialist treatment is not accessible.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume	97
Pages (from-to)	181-184
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0165-5876
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.04.014
Publication status	Published - Jun 2017

Keywords

Brain Abscess/complications
Child
Developing Countries
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Otitis Media/complications
Petrositis/complications
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Zimbabwe

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A fatal case of Gradenigo's syndrome in Zimbabwe and the Danish-Zimbabwean ENT collaboration

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