ОРИГИНАЛНИ РАД / ORIGINAL ARTICLE � UDC: 616.284-002.5-07 Middle Ear Tuberculosis: Diagnostic Criteria

Introduction Tuberculous otitis is a diagnostic problem due to the difficulty to obtain microbiological, histomorphological and cytological confirmation of the disease. Objective Our objective was to compare clinical and radiological characteristic and development of otogenic complications in patients with tuberculous otitis and otitis with cholesteatoma as the most destructive form of chronic nonspecific otitis in the purpose of establishing the diagnostic criteria for tuberculous otitis