Otorrhagia: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Otorrhagia

[…] suggesting the presence of a base of skull fracture: anterior cranial fossa fracture CSF rhinorrhea raccoon eyes sign petrous temporal bone fracture Battle sign CSF otorrhea otorrhagia [radiopaedia.org]

Conversely, the most common clinical signs of MCF were otorrhoea and otorrhagia, each sign presenting in three patients (Table 2). [sajr.org.za]

Some of the known clinical signs of BSF include racoon eye, rhinorrhoea, rhinorrhagia, anosmia, visual impairment, otorrhoea, otorrhagia, hearing loss, neurovascular injuries [sajr.org.za]

Tympanic Membrane Perforation

Physical examination: cyanosis of the face, upper third of the chest, and anterior and posterior portion of the chest (Figure 1A); bilateral otorrhagia and epistaxis, and [bjorl.org]

Physical examination: cyanosis of the face, upper third of the chest, and anterior and posterior portion of the chest ( Figure 1A ); bilateral otorrhagia and epistaxis, and [bjorl.org]

Otitis Media

We report a case of a 3-year-old child presenting with a 1-year history of otorrhea and otorrhagia followed by a 6-month history of postauricular swelling in the right ear [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Traumatic Brain Injury

The immediate effects of traumatic brain injury include cell injury or death, neurovascular disruption, neurotransmitter dysfunction, and biochemical imbalance. The most common neurological finding in traumatic brain injury is loss of consciousness. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to assess consciousness and the[…] [symptoma.com]

Otitis Externa

Necrotising otitis externa can be a devastating form of otitis externa. It typically tends to affect patients who are immunocompromised or diabetic. To date, there is very little in the literature about necrotising otitis externa in the immunocompetent patient population. The present paper discusses both the clinical[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Coagulation Abnormalities

OBJECTIVE: Thromboembolic events in patients who have undergone the Fontan operation have been reported to be as high as 20% to 33%. A hypercoagulable state with deficiencies in proteins C and S has been implicated. Using age-matched control subjects, we evaluated whether an altered coagulation state is present[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Skull Fracture

Skull fractures are classified in the image below. Classification of skull fractures Linear skull fracture Linear fracture results from low-energy blunt trauma over a wide surface area of the skull. It runs through the entire thickness of the bone and, by itself, is of little significance except when it runs through[…] [emedicine.medscape.com]

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) represents an end-stage systemic state of global hemostatic dysfunction occurring secondary to a wide variety of insults. DIC is characterized by wide-spread inappropriate activation of both platelets aggregation and coagulation within the microcirculation, yielding the[…] [pathwaymedicine.org]

Mastoiditis

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2015 Jun;41(6):1612-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 Mar 19. Author information 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: konstantinos.mantsopoulos@uk-erlangen.de. 2 Department of[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abscess of the External Auditory Meatus

الصفحة 285 - High-risk category Prosthetic cardiac valves, including bioprosthetic and homograft valves Previous bacterial endocarditis Complex cyanotic congenital heart disease (eg, single ventricle states, transposition of the great arteries, tetralogy of Fallot) Surgically constructed systemic pulmonary shunts or[…] [books.google.com]

Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare cancer involving clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, abnormal cells deriving from bone marrow and capable of migrating from skin to lymph nodes. Clinically, its manifestations range from isolated bone lesions to multisystem disease. LCH is part of a group of clinical[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

Eczema

Eczema is a condition where patches of skin become inflamed, itchy, red, cracked, and rough. Blisters may sometimes occur. Different stages and types of eczema affect 31.6 percent of people in the United States. The word "eczema" is also used specifically to talk about atopic dermatitis, the most common type of[…] [medicalnewstoday.com]

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Abstract In 1988, CDC published guidelines for managing patients with suspected viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) (1). Pending a comprehensive review of the 1988 guidelines, this notice provides interim recommendations that update the 1988 guidelines for healthcare settings in the United States. This update applies to[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Foreign Body in the Ear

Presentation ReelDx Pearls Diagnosis Treatment Media Patient will present as → an 18-month-old with ear pain and otorrhea. Otoscopic examination reveals a small insect impacted in the ear canal which is still moving. The tympanic membrane appears intact. Irrigation of the external ear can be uncomfortable for the[…] [smartypance.com]

Ear Disease

Immunol Res. 2015 Dec;63(1-3):236-45. doi: 10.1007/s12026-015-8696-3. Author information 1 The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, 350 Community Dr, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA. 2 Department of Otolaryngology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA. 3 Department of[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Blast Injury

OBJECTIVE: The US military has reported over 10,000 improvised explosive device attacks attributing to over 400 deaths in Iraq in 2005. Otologic blast injury and tympanic membrane (TM) perforation have traditionally been used as a predictor, or biomarker, of serious or occult primary blast injury (PBI). Although[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Otitic Barotrauma

Abstract The most common cause of barotitis is pressure changes during descent in aviation. Equilibration is normally achieved by swallowing, jaw movements, yawning, or chewing, but some have to perform a Valsalva maneuver several times during descent and even by these means some fail. The aim of the study was to[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Ebola Virus Disease

Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a severe viral hemorrhagic disease caused by ebola viruses. After an incubation period ranging from 3 to 12 days, patients present with sudden onset of the non specific symptoms of fever, malaise, arthralgia, myalgia, and chest pain followed by[…] [symptoma.com]

Disseminated Histoplasmosis

We describe an unusual clinical association of disseminated histoplasmosis with reactive hemophagocytic syndrome. We report the case of a new HIV-positive patient with reconstitution inflammatory syndrome like reactive hemophagocytic syndrome associated with disseminated histoplasmosis. We describe the clinical case,[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Temporal Bone Fracture

The clinical signs were: otorrhagia 78% (n=22), otalgia 11% (n=3), otorrhea 7% (n=2), facial paralysis 7% (n=2), hearing loss 7% (n=2) Table 3. [arquivosdeorl.org.br]

Periauricular swelling and retroauricular ecchymosis ( Battle sign ) are common, and almost all have otorrhagia. [radiopaedia.org]

Possible (not associated with otorrhagia) Nystagmus Common (usually spontaneous, usually less intense [first or second degree] or positional; nystagmus absence also possible [emedicine.medscape.com]

Otitis

Word Otitis Hindi Meaningओटिटिस, कर्णशोथ संबंधी, कान का प्रदाह, कर्णशोथ inflammation of the ear / Inflammation of the ear. / inflammation of the ear, usually distinguished as otitis externa (of the passage of the outer ear), otitis media (of the middle ear), and otitis interna (of the inner ear; labyrinthitis).,[…] [studysite.org]

Petrous Temporal Bone Fracture

Conclussions Petrous bone fractures must be always suspected in patients with head trauma, specially if it associates severity and otorrhagia. [elsevier.es]

Vagal Paraganglioma

[…] one or more of the following symptoms: hearing loss, rhythmic thumping in the ear, paralysis of the face, discharge from the ear, pain, vertigo, hemorrhage from the ear (otorrhagia [mountsinai.org]

Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula

[…] nerve dysfunction Elevated intraocular pressure, secondary glaucoma Diminished visual acuity, visual loss Subconjunctival hemorrhages Corneal damage Intracranial hemorrhage Otorrhagia [wjgnet.com]

[…] hemorrhage proptosis progressive visual loss: 25-32% 3 pulsatile tinnitus (usually objective) raised intracranial pressure subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, otorrhagia [radiopaedia.org]

Two months later the patient suffered from otorrhagia on the right side, facial paralysis on the left side, swelling in the eye and loss of visual acuity. [oapublishinglondon.com]

Grisel Syndrome

Seven days later, after clinical improvement, the patient began to complain of severe retroauricular pain, associated with neck stiffness and right otorrhagia. [elsevier.es]

Traumatic Pneumocephalus

The clinical signs were: otorrhagia 78% (n=22), otalgia 11% (n=3), otorrhea 7% (n=2), facial paralysis 7% (n=2), hearing loss 7% (n=2) Table 3. [arquivosdeorl.org.br]

*otitis interna【内耳炎】 *otitis media【中耳炎】 *otocephaly【耳頭症】 *otocleisis【耳閉鎖∥外耳道閉塞】 *otodynia【耳痛】 *otomycosis【耳真菌症】 *otoneuralgia【耳神経痛】 *otopathy【耳病∥耳疾患】 *otopyosis【耳化膿[症] *otorrhagia [medo.jp]

The clinical signs of trauma in temporal bone include: fracture along the roof of the external auditory canal, rupture of the tympanic membrane with otorrhea and otorrhagia [arquivosdeorl.org.br]

Disorder of the Hypopharynx

unspecified ear H92.21 Otorrhagia, right ear H92.22 Otorrhagia, left ear H92.23 Otorrhagia, bilateral H93.011 Transient ischemic deafness, right ear H93.012 Transient ischemic [codelay.com]

Otalgia, bilateral H92.09 Otalgia, unspecified ear H92.10 Otorrhea, unspecified ear H92.11 Otorrhea, right ear H92.12 Otorrhea, left ear H92.13 Otorrhea, bilateral H92.20 Otorrhagia [codelay.com]

Gardner-Diamond Syndrome

[…] patients; disorders in the menstrual cycle (up to 80% of the affected women experience profuse menstrual cycles); external hemorrhages (epistaxis, gastrointestinal bleeding and otorrhagia [elsevier.es]

Mycotic Aneurysm

[…] of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa mycotic intrapetrous carotid aneurysm arising from mastoiditis, confirmed with middle ear cultures, presenting with high-grade bacteraemia and otorrhagia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cellulitis of the Pinna

Excludes1: traumatic otorrhagia - code to injury H92.20 Otorrhagia, unspecified ear H92.21 Otorrhagia, right ear H92.22 Otorrhagia, left ear H92.23 Otorrhagia, bilateral [en.wikisource.org]

[…] leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through ear (G96.0) H92.10 Otorrhea, unspecified ear H92.11 Otorrhea, right ear H92.12 Otorrhea, left ear H92.13 Otorrhea, bilateral H92.2 Otorrhagia [en.wikisource.org]