Koçyiğit Murat, Çakabay Taliye, Örtekin Safiye G, Akçay Teoman, Özkaya Güven, Üstün Bezgin Selin, Yıldız Melek, Adalı Mustafa Kemal
Medical Park Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Endocrinology, İstanbul, Turkey Phone: +90 212 404 15 00 E-mail:
J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol. 2017 Mar 1;9(1):48-51. doi: 10.4274/jcrpe.3585. Epub 2016 Sep 9.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a condition in which fluid is retained in the middle ear cavity. The association between endocrine disorders and OME has not yet been determined. This study aimed to investigate the presence of OME in children diagnosed with an endocrine disease and the relationship between these two conditions.
The study was conducted on 918 pediatric patients (440 boys, 478 girls; mean age: 8.40, range 3-15 years) and 158 healthy controls (76 boys, 79 girls; mean age: 8.31, range 3-15 years). All children underwent an ear examination and a tympanometry performed by an otorhinolaryngologist. Tympanometry results were used to diagnose OME.
OME was detected in 205 (22.3%) of 918 patients and in 19 (12.0%) of 158 subjects in the control group. The difference in frequency of OME between the two groups was statistically significant (p=0.003).
The results of the study reveal that there may be a tendency towards the occurrence of OME in pediatric endocrinology patients.
分泌性中耳炎（OME）是一种中耳腔内积液的病症。内分泌紊乱与OME之间的关联尚未确定。本研究旨在调查被诊断患有内分泌疾病的儿童中OME的存在情况以及这两种病症之间的关系。
该研究对918名儿科患者（440名男孩，478名女孩；平均年龄：8.40岁，范围3至15岁）和158名健康对照者（76名男孩，79名女孩；平均年龄：8.31岁，范围3至15岁）进行。所有儿童均接受了耳鼻喉科医生进行的耳部检查和鼓室图检查。鼓室图检查结果用于诊断OME。
918名患者中有205名（22.3%）检测出OME，对照组158名受试者中有19名（12.0%）检测出OME。两组之间OME发生率的差异具有统计学意义（p = 0.003）。
研究结果表明，儿科内分泌患者中可能存在发生OME的倾向。
