Two Cases of Acute Mastoiditis Requiring Emergency Mastoidectomy Following Treatment by Pediatrician
| Autor: | Tetsuya Sato, Naoyuki Kohno, Yasuhiko Takei, Naoki Oishi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Mastoiditis Intracranial infection Acute otitis media medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Antibiotics Mastoidectomy medicine.disease Intravenous antibiotic therapy Congenital cholesteatoma Surgery Acute mastoiditis Otorhinolaryngology medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica. 104:859-863 |
| ISSN: | 1884-4545 0032-6313 |
| Popis: | Advances in broad-spectrum antibiotics are enabling general physicians and pediatricians to treat acute middle-ear infection without otolaryngologists’ intervention. Most such subjects also recover without serious complications. Middle-ear infection remains potentially life-threatening, however, due to potential infectious intracranial complications, requiring surgery by otolaryngologists. We report two cases of acute pediatric mastoiditis following acute otitis media. Both had been initially treated by pediatricians and administered several antibiotics. One subject had masked mastoiditis when first seen and the other serious complications involving intracranial infection thought due to comorbid congenital cholesteatoma. Both were treated successfully with mastoidectomies followed by intravenous antibiotic therapy. |
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