mastoid abscess

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mas·toid ab·scess

an abscess due to coalescence of the mastoid air cells in mastoiditis.

mastoid abscess

An abscess of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.

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Larger irregular destruction of right lateral mastoid cortex was noted (Thin arrow in Image A) with mastoid abscess formation.

Role of high resolution computed Tomography in the evaluation of Suppurative diseases of middle ear and mastoids and their complications with surgical correlation

A provisional diagnosis of COM with complications in the form of mastoid abscess was made and the patient was taken for an Incision & Drainage (I&D) and pus was drained.

Mastoid abscess: a rare presentation of external auditory canal carcinoma

Mastoid abscess was found in 2%, meningitis in 1% and facial nerve palsy in 1% patients.

Study of 100 cases of chronic suppurative otitis media to find out the need of mastoid exploration

This is comparable to that of Siba P Dubey et al 13 who found commonest extracranial complications were mainly mastoid abscess in 26 (37%), post auricular fistula in 17(24%) and facial palsy in 10(14%) cases.

Clinico-pathological study of extracranial complications of middle ear infections