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Actions	Temporal bone showing otitis media Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.2809-1 TitleTemporal bone showing otitis media DescriptionTemporal bone showing otitis media (an ear infection) From a male aged 23 years who had had discharge from his left ear some six years previously, but none recently. Pain in the neck was succeeded in four days by an abscess over the mastoid process, just behind the ear. This was opened, but five days later symptoms of meningitis set in. The mastoid air-sinuses were opened but he did not regain consciousness and died the same evening. Post-mortem examination showed basal meningitis and an abscess of the temporal lobe of the brain. While opening the mastoid air-sinuses, perforation occurred through the tegmen tympani and the overlying dura mater, causing septic leptomeningitis which proved fatal. Object nameBONE, skull, temporal Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Container Height: 13 cm Width: 8 cm Depth: 5.5 cm

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TitleTemporal bone showing otitis media

DescriptionTemporal bone showing otitis media (an ear infection) From a male aged 23 years who had had discharge from his left ear some six years previously, but none recently. Pain in the neck was succeeded in four days by an abscess over the mastoid process, just behind the ear. This was opened, but five days later symptoms of meningitis set in. The mastoid air-sinuses were opened but he did not regain consciousness and died the same evening. Post-mortem examination showed basal meningitis and an abscess of the temporal lobe of the brain. While opening the mastoid air-sinuses, perforation occurred through the tegmen tympani and the overlying dura mater, causing septic leptomeningitis which proved fatal.

Object nameBONE, skull, temporal

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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