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

作者：Jensen P V F^*; Avnstorp M B; Dzongodza T; Chidziva C; von Buchwald C

来源：International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2017, 97: 181-184.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.04.014

• Gradenigo's syndrome
• Acute otitis media
• Abducens nerve palsy
• Trigeminal nerve palsy
• Pediatric otorhinolaryngology
• Educational international exchange

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.

• 出版日期2017-6