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Petrositis

MedGen UID:: 452133
•Concept ID:: C0155448
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonym:	Petrositides
SNOMED CT:	Petrositis (34997001); Inflammation of petrous bone (34997001)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0001109

Definition

Inflammation of petrous bone. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chronic petrositis. Diagnosis and treatment.

Glasscock ME 3rd
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1972 Oct;81(5):677-85. doi: 10.1177/000348947208100508. PMID: 4651111

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Radiologic Findings in Pediatric Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Tey CS, Kadom N, Dedhia K
Otol Neurotol 2021 Sep 1;42(8):1201-1207. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003188. PMID: 33973955

Complications in Pediatric Acute Mastoiditis: HCUP KID Analysis.

Favre N, Patel VA, Carr MM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 Nov;165(5):722-730. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1177/0194599821989633. PMID: 33588620

The changing face of petrous apicitis-a 40-year experience.

Gadre AK, Chole RA
Laryngoscope 2018 Jan;128(1):195-201. Epub 2017 Apr 5 doi: 10.1002/lary.26571. PMID: 28378370

The Forgotten Syndrome? Four Cases of Gradenigo's Syndrome and a Review of the Literature.

Jensen PV, Hansen MS, Møller MN, Saunte JP
Strabismus 2016;24(1):21-7. Epub 2016 Mar 16 doi: 10.3109/09273972.2015.1130067. PMID: 26979620

Pediatric otogenic intracranial abscesses.

Isaacson B, Mirabal C, Kutz JW Jr, Lee KH, Roland PS
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Mar;142(3):434-7. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.11.030. PMID: 20172394

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Diagnosis

Petrositis caused by fluconazole-resistant candida: case report and literature review.

Jin L, Liu S, Tan S, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Yu S
BMC Infect Dis 2022 Jul 27;22(1):649. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07637-3. PMID: 35896968 Free PMC Article

Earache.

Conover K
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2013 May;31(2):413-42. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2013.02.001. PMID: 23601480

Imaging of the petrous apex: a pictorial review.

Connor SE, Leung R, Natas S
Br J Radiol 2008 May;81(965):427-35. Epub 2008 Jan 21 doi: 10.1259/bjr/54160649. PMID: 18208855

Primary tuberculous petrositis.

Sethi A, Sabherwal A, Gulati A, Sareen D
Acta Otolaryngol 2005 Nov;125(11):1236-9. doi: 10.1080/00016480510038158. PMID: 16353409

Gradenigo's syndrome revisited.

Gillanders DA
J Otolaryngol 1983 Jun;12(3):169-74. PMID: 6876244

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Therapy

Petrositis caused by fluconazole-resistant candida: case report and literature review.

Jin L, Liu S, Tan S, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Yu S
BMC Infect Dis 2022 Jul 27;22(1):649. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07637-3. PMID: 35896968 Free PMC Article

An Interesting Case of Gradenigo Syndrome.

Suzich KL, Adelson S, Choi CS
J Binocul Vis Ocul Motil 2019 Jan-Mar;69(1):1-2. Epub 2019 Jan 7 doi: 10.1080/2576117X.2018.1540909. PMID: 30615575

Earache.

Conover K
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2013 May;31(2):413-42. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2013.02.001. PMID: 23601480

Primary tuberculous petrositis.

Sethi A, Sabherwal A, Gulati A, Sareen D
Acta Otolaryngol 2005 Nov;125(11):1236-9. doi: 10.1080/00016480510038158. PMID: 16353409

Recurrent temporal petrositis.

Al-Ammar AY
J Laryngol Otol 2001 Apr;115(4):316-8. doi: 10.1258/0022215011907299. PMID: 11276339

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Prognosis

Acute Bacterial Meningitis and Petrous Apicitis in a Child with Aplasia Cutis Congenita: A Case Report.

Saldanha M, Nayar V, Augustine BA, Shenoy RD
J Int Adv Otol 2023 Jul;19(4):355-359. doi: 10.5152/iao.2023.22888. PMID: 37528601 Free PMC Article

Gradenigo's syndrome in a four-year-old patient: a rare diagnosis in the modern antibiotic era.

Rossi N, Swonke ML, Reichert L, Young D
J Laryngol Otol 2019 Jun;133(6):535-537. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1017/S0022215119001026. PMID: 31134874

Pediatric Acute Otitis Media in the Era of Pneumococcal Vaccination.

Tawfik KO, Ishman SL, Altaye M, Meinzen-Derr J, Choo DI
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 May;156(5):938-945. Epub 2017 Mar 28 doi: 10.1177/0194599817699599. PMID: 28349737

Gradenigo syndrome caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.

Chen PY, Wu CC, Yang TL, Hsu CJ, Lin YT, Lin KN
Audiol Neurootol 2014;19(4):275-82. Epub 2014 Sep 18 doi: 10.1159/000360413. PMID: 25247278

Unusual fatal petrositis presenting as myofascial pain and dysfunction of the temporal muscle.

Loretan S, Duvoisin B, Scolozzi P
Quintessence Int 2011 May;42(5):419-22. PMID: 21519562

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Clinical prediction guides

Radiologic Findings in Pediatric Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.

Tey CS, Kadom N, Dedhia K
Otol Neurotol 2021 Sep 1;42(8):1201-1207. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003188. PMID: 33973955

Gradenigo's syndrome with abscess of the petrous apex in pediatric patients: what is the best treatment?

Savasta S, Canzi P, Aprile F, Michev A, Foiadelli T, Manfrin M, Benazzo M
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Dec;35(12):2265-2272. Epub 2019 Aug 20 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04352-4. PMID: 31432224

The changing face of petrous apicitis-a 40-year experience.

Gadre AK, Chole RA
Laryngoscope 2018 Jan;128(1):195-201. Epub 2017 Apr 5 doi: 10.1002/lary.26571. PMID: 28378370

Gradenigo's syndrome secondary to chronic otitis media on a background of previous radical mastoidectomy: a case report.

Plodpai Y, Hirunpat S, Kiddee W
J Med Case Rep 2014 Jun 23;8:217. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-217. PMID: 24957520 Free PMC Article

Superior petrosal and cavernous sinus thrombosis and basal petrositis; observed as complication of destructive labyrinthitis with facial paralysis.

WEILLE FL
Arch Otolaryngol (1925) 1947 Jan;45(1):90-104. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1947.00690010097008. PMID: 20284480

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