Abstract
An acute otitis media infection is a middle ear infection. Otitis media with effusion (OME), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), and acute otitis media (AOM) are some of the conditions that encompass this group. Bacteria, viruses, or coinfections can all cause middle ear infections. The purpose of this research was to assess and contrast the use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in diagnosing acute and chronic otitis media. After preforming the scan, all the required variables like age, gender, clinical findings history and the radiological features of patients’ scan were noted in the questionnaire. All the data was recorded after taking consent from the patient. The statistical software SPSS version was used to analyze the data. Following an analysis of every variable, the mean standard deviations of all continuous variables were displayed. The distribution of the data was examined using descriptive analysis. We computed the mean and standard deviation (SD) for continuous variables. Out of patients that were included in our study, were females while remaining were males. All the patients presented with symptoms like fever, otalgia and hearing loss. After performing HRCT, we found that out of these patients, had acute while patients had chronic otitis media. Most commonly found HRCT features were middle ear opacification, fluid accumulation, osecular erosion, septations, thickened tympanic membrane and sclerotic mastoid cells. HRCT plays a key role in evaluating patients with acute and chronic otitis media.