Mean platelet volume as an inflammatory marker of chronic otitis media with effusion
Battal Tahsin Somuk1, Harun Soyalıç1, Sema Koc2
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
Objectives:
Our aim was to investigate whether mean platelet volume (MPV) may be utilized as an inflammatory marker of chronic otitis media with effusion (COME).
Methods:
Routine hemogram tests were performed preoperatively for 51 patients diagnosed with COME that were to receive ventilation tube insertion. Hemogram tests were performed on age-matched and sex-matched healthy controls (n=54). Moreover, by performing a chart review, white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), platelet (PLT), and mean platelet volume (MPV) values were compared between COME patients and controls.
Results:
A total of 51 COME patients were included in the study and 45.1% were male. The control group had 54 individuals and 51.9% were male. MPV (p=0.493) and platelet levels (p=0.336) for COME patients group were generally borderline higher than those measured for the control group, but this difference was not statistically significant.
Conclusion:
No statistically significant differences were identified between pediatric patients diagnosed with COME and healthy controls in terms of WBC, RBC, Hb, Hct, PLT and MPV levels.
