Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2003
Pars flaccida displacement pattern in purulent otitis media in the gerbil.
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Larsson Christina, Dirckx Joris J J, Decraemer Willem F, Bagger-Sjöbäck Dan, von Unge Magnus
Аннотация
HYPOTHESIS: Our hypothesis is that purulent otitis media and otitis media with effusion cause stiffness loss of the tympanic membrane. This loss of stiffness may be persistent and precede the development of retraction pockets and cholesteatoma.
BACKGROUND: Postinflammatory changes such as retraction pockets and cholesteatoma develop in the pars flaccida and in the pars tensa of the tympanic membrane. In our previous experimental studies, stiffness changes were shown to develop early in the pars tensa in response to purulent otitis media and otitis media with effusion. These changes are suggested to be precursors to a later development of retraction pockets and cholesteatoma. In the clinical situation, retraction pockets are often found in the pars flaccida only. The aim of the current study was thus to investigate whether stiffness changes appear also in the pars flaccida during purulent otitis media.
METHODS: Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 was injected into the middle ear to induce purulent otitis media. As a measure of pars flaccida stiffness, peak displacement versus middle ear pressure was used. The peak displacement measurements were obtained from full-field moiré; interferometry, which is a noncontacting optical technique for deformation measurements.
RESULTS: Ears with purulent otitis media showed increased peak displacement of the pars flaccida at a middle ear pressure of 200 daPa, compared with normal controls.
CONCLUSION: There was a decreased mechanical stiffness of the pars flaccida in acute purulent otitis media. This decreased stiffness may predispose for future retraction pocket formation and cholesteatoma development.
BACKGROUND: Postinflammatory changes such as retraction pockets and cholesteatoma develop in the pars flaccida and in the pars tensa of the tympanic membrane. In our previous experimental studies, stiffness changes were shown to develop early in the pars tensa in response to purulent otitis media and otitis media with effusion. These changes are suggested to be precursors to a later development of retraction pockets and cholesteatoma. In the clinical situation, retraction pockets are often found in the pars flaccida only. The aim of the current study was thus to investigate whether stiffness changes appear also in the pars flaccida during purulent otitis media.
METHODS: Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 was injected into the middle ear to induce purulent otitis media. As a measure of pars flaccida stiffness, peak displacement versus middle ear pressure was used. The peak displacement measurements were obtained from full-field moiré; interferometry, which is a noncontacting optical technique for deformation measurements.
RESULTS: Ears with purulent otitis media showed increased peak displacement of the pars flaccida at a middle ear pressure of 200 daPa, compared with normal controls.
CONCLUSION: There was a decreased mechanical stiffness of the pars flaccida in acute purulent otitis media. This decreased stiffness may predispose for future retraction pocket formation and cholesteatoma development.