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Acute mastoiditis in an Italian pediatric tertiary medical center: a 15 – year retrospective study
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018 Background Acute mastoiditis is the main suppurative complication of acute otitis media. Its incidence ranges from 1.2 to 4.2/100.000 children/year and a rise has been reported in the last years.
Claudia Balsamo +5 more
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Beyond the Ear: Complications Following Otitis Media
Liječnički vjesnik, 2023 Chronic otitis media (COM) is a prevalent condition typically characterized by recurrent ear infections and inflammation. It can result in a variety of serious complications, such as cholesteatoma, mastoiditis, meningitis, and brain abscess.
Tian Košar, Ana Klobučar, Andro Košec
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Acute Mastoiditis in a Newborn with Aural Atresia
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2012 Acute mastoiditis in the newborn is a very rare disease. Herein we report a case of a 28-day-old child with right aural atresia and ipsilateral mastoiditis requiring mastoidectomy.
K. Parpounas +5 more
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Acute Mastoiditis Complicated with Concomitant Bezold’s Abscess and Lateral Sinus Thrombosis
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2018 Bezold’s abscess is a very rare extracranial complication of acute mastoiditis. Lateral sinus thrombosis is another intracranial complication of acute mastoiditis that can occur, but there are only few reports of concomitant ispilateral Bezold’s abscess ...
Aziz Mustafa +4 more
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Otorrhea as a Sign of Medical Treatment Failure in Acute Otitis Media
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013 We report two children with otitis media who developed facial palsy despite prompt antibiotic therapy. Brain images revealed silent mastoiditis. Persistent otorrhea may be a cautious sign of medical treatment failure or complication of acute otitis media,
Tzu-Chun Tsai +4 more
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The Laryngoscope, 1977 AbstractOpportunistic infections of the external auditory canal or the middle ear due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa occurring in patients with low resistance to infection have a 35 percent mortality rate. Once the process extends into the pneumatized temporal bone, eradication becomes more difficult and the mortality rate increases to 72 percent because of
W L, Meyerhoff +2 more
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A case of complicated otomastoiditis
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2015 We describe the case of a child who, at her first episode of clinically evident acute otitis media, has developed a bilateral mastoiditis, though with unilateral simptomatology.
Mario Atzeni +4 more
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A rare life‐threatening complication of acute mastoiditis: Case report and literature review
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Severe complications may not always present with “classic” signs and symptoms. In the setting of recent mastoiditis, complications including cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, skull base osteomyelitis, and retropharyngeal abscess should be considered ...
Jerry Z. Oommen +3 more
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The Laryngoscope, 1977 AbstractTwo cases of tuberculous mastoiditis treated at the University of North Carolina are presented, and the need for periodic review of this disease entity is stressed. An historical review, the clinical course, routes of infection, complications, pathological findings, and methods of treatment are summarized.
J R, Emmett, N D, Fischer, W P, Biggers
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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2018 History of present illness: A 45-year-old male presented to the emergency department with chief complaint of left ear pain with yellow discharge for several days. He had associated decrease in appetite. The patient denied any history of fever, headache,
Chad Correa, BS, Claire Thomas, MD
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