Complications of Otitis Media — Topic Test
20 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 9-year-old child with recurrent acute otitis media now has a painless, foul-smelling ear discharge. Otoscopy shows a retraction pocket in the pars flaccida (attic) filled with whitish, greasy keratin debris. Which statement about this condition is the single most accurate?
AIt is keratinising stratified squamous epithelium in the middle ear that erodes bone
BIt always arises from the pars tensa and never erodes ossicles
CIt is a benign vascular tumour arising from the jugular bulb
DIt is a granulomatous reaction to retained cholesterol crystals only