[Clinical and roentgenological diagnostics of the severity of mucositis in the patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media].

The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of mucositis and its roentgenological manifestations in the patients presenting with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). A total of 390 patients with CSOM (mesotympanitis) and 85 ones suffering CSOM with concomitant mucositis were available for the observation. The signs of mucositis were evaluated based on the patients' complaints, results of otomicroscopy, and computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bones. This randomized clinical study involving 390 patients presenting with CSOM revealed the signs of mucositis in 44.6% of the cases. Analysis of the results of temporal bone CT performed in 85 patients with CSOM and mucositis in the absence exacerbation has demonstrated the possibility of detecting mucositis and evaluating its severity from the changes in the airness of the tympanic cavity, attics, and antrum due to the presence of the pathological substrate in these regions.