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What is the medical name for chronic middle ear infection with a hole in the eardrum?

April 26, 2017chronic ear eardrum hole infection medical middle

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What is the medical name for chronic middle ear infection with a hole in the eardrum?

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Occasionally, adolescents and adults will develop a chronic form of middle ear disease. Such a condition usually occurs in a person with recurring acute middle ear infections during their infancy and childhood. This condition can be inherited or caused by an immune deficiency. It is called chronic suppurative (meaning pus-generating) otitis media – CSOM for short. This condition is accompanied by a chronic hole, or perforation, of the eardrum.