purulent labyrinthitis
MONDO:0001739Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names purulent labyrinthitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A labyrinthitis which is a bacterial infectious disease of the inner ear, often causing deafness and loss of vestibular function. This is caused when bacteria spread to the inner ear during the course of severe acute otitis media, purulent meningitis, or an enlarging cholesteatoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001739), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: purulent labyrinthitis
- Also called
- suppurative labyrinthitis