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Otorrhea

Aka: Otorrhea, Ear Drainage
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  1. Definition
    1. Otorrhea is Ear Drainage
  2. Causes
    1. Acute Otorrhea (6 weeks duration or less)
      1. Acute Otitis Media with Tympanic Membrane Perforation
      2. Otitis Externa
      3. Tympanostomy Tube placement complication
    2. Chronic Otorrhea (Lasting longer than 6 weeks duration)
      1. Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (most common)
      2. Cholesteatoma
      3. Ear Foreign Body
      4. Granuloma
      5. Immunodeficiency
      6. Neoplasm
  3. Discharge characteristics: Infectious Causes
    1. Otitis Externa
      1. Acute Bacterial Otitis Externa
        1. Scant white mucus (may be thick)
      2. Chronic Bacterial Otitis Externa
        1. Bloody discharge with granulation tissue
      3. Fungal Otitis Externa (Otomycosis)
        1. Fluffy discharge
        2. Color: white, black, gray, blue-green or yellow
    2. Otitis Media with perforated Tympanic Membrane
      1. Acute Otitis Media
        1. Purulent white to yellow mucus discharge
        2. Associated with deep pain
      2. Serous Otitis Media
        1. Clear mucus
        2. Associated with Allergic Rhinitis
      3. Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
        1. Purulent mucus on intermittent drainage
        2. Not associated with pain
    3. Miscellaneous Causes
      1. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage: clear watery discharge
      2. Trauma: Bloody mucus
      3. Osteomyelitis: Foul ear discharge
  4. References
    1. Sabella (2000) Pediatr Infect Dis J 19:1007-8
    2. Shohet (1998) Postgrad Med 104:50-60

Ear discharge (C0155540)

Definition (NCI) Discharge or drainage of fluid from the ear.
Concepts Finding (T033)
ICD9 388.60, 388.6
ICD10 H92.1, H92.10
SnomedCT 162364004, 139633004, 155250006, 194405007, 267676003, 65668001, 300132001, 194403000
English Discharge of ear, NOS, Otorrhea, unspecified, Drainage from external ear canal, NOS, Otorrhea NOS, Otorrhoea NOS, Unspecified otorrhea, Unspecified otorrhoea, Otorrhea syndrome, Discharging ear NOS, discharge from ears, discharge from external ear canal, ear discharge, discharge from external ear canal (physical finding), discharge from ears (symptom), Otorrhea NOS (disorder), Otorrhea, unspecified ear, discharge ear, discharge from ear, otorrhoea, discharge ears, discharges ear, Otorrhea, Discharge from ear, Discharging ear, Ear discharge present, Otorrhoea, Ear discharge, Discharge of ear, Ear discharge (finding), Otorrhea (disorder), otorrhea, discharge; ear, ear; discharge, Finding of ear discharge (finding), Discharge;ear, Finding of ear discharge, Drainage from external ear canal, Observation of ear discharge, Unspecified otorrhea (disorder), Otorrhoea (disorder), external auditory canal discharge, Ear discharge present (situation), Ear discharge present (context-dependent category), Otorrhea, NOS, DISCHARGE FROM EAR, EAR DISCHARGE, Ear discharge present (finding)
Italian Otorrea, Otorrea, non specificata, Secrezione auricolare, Secrezione dall'orecchio
Dutch niet-gespecificeerde otorrhoea, afscheiding uit het oor, otorrhoea, Afscheiding uit oor, Afscheiding in/uit oor, afscheiding; oor, oor; afscheiding, Otorroe [loopoor], otorroe
French Otorrhée, non précisée, Otorrhée, Ecoulement oreille, Ecoulement de l'oreille
German Absonderung aus dem Ohr, Otorrhoe, unspezifisch, Otorrhoe, Ausfluss aus dem Ohr
Portuguese Corrimento do ouvido, Otorreia NE, Secrecao do ouvido, Otorreia
Spanish Secreción del oído, Otorrea no especificada, Unspecified otorrhoea, Otorrhoea, Unspecified otorrhea, Discharging ear NOS, Otorrhea, Secrecion por el oido, otorrea (trastorno), otorrea, SAI (trastorno), otorrea, SAI, otorrea, no especificada (trastorno), otorrea, no especificada, otorrea, secreción del oído (hallazgo), secreción del oído, supuración del oído, Otorrea, presencia de secreción por el oído, Ear discharge present, presencia de secreción por el oído (situación), drenaje desde el conducto auditivo externo, presencia de secreción por el oído (categoría dependiente del contexto)
Japanese 耳漏, 詳細不明の耳漏, ｼﾞﾛｳ, ｼｮｳｻｲﾌﾒｲﾉｼﾞﾛｳ
Finnish ERITE KORVASTA
Czech Otorea, Ušní výtok238
Korean 귓물
Hungarian otorrhoea, Fülfolyás, Fülváladékozás, Nem meghatározott fülfolyás, fulfolyas
Basque BELARRIKO JARIOTZEA (ESKL.ODOLA H05)
Danish oreflad/vaesken fra ore
Norwegian UTFLOD/VAESKE FRA ORET
Swedish SEKRETION FRAN ORA
Hebrew hafrasha mehaozen
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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