Otalgia

From Orlhns

Otalgia is a very common symptom in ENT. It is defined as pain in the ear

Contents 1 Causes 1.1 external ear 1.2 middle ear 1.3 inner ear 1.4 referred otalgia

[edit] Causes

[edit] external ear

• Otitis externa
• Wax
• otomycosis
• foreign body
• furuncle
• Malignancy

[edit] middle ear

• ASOM
• Eustachian tube dysfunction
• OME
• Middle ear malignancy
• Complications of CSOM. CSOM is usually not associated with pain. Otalgia is suggestive of a complication of chronic otitis media. Only two complications are known to cause pain, namely acute mastoiditis and Dural involvement.

[edit] inner ear

• this is very rare
• Meinere's disease
• vestibular schwannoma

[edit] referred otalgia

• from throat
• dental cause
• Quinsy, Tonsillitis
• Mass oropharynx
• Pyriform fossa mass