Two Cases of Bezold's Abscess.
- Author:
Aa Ron LEE
1
;
Ki Hong CHANG
;
Jong Soo KIM
;
He Ro YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Suppurative otitis media;
Bezold's abscess
- MeSH:
Abscess*;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Ear, Middle;
Incidence;
Mastoid;
Mastoiditis;
Otitis Media, Suppurative;
Temporal Bone
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1997;40(3):445-449
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The use of antibiotics in suppurative otitis media has greatly diminished the incidence of its complications. However, incomplete antibiotic therapy has altered the clinical course of middle ear disease to more insidious. Among the complications of suppurative otitis media, Bezold's abscess is a subperiosteal abscess of the temporal bone due to a mastoiditis with extravasation through the inner bony table into the digastric fossa. It has become rare, but the variety of its clinical presentations may embarrass clinicians. In the last two years, we treated two cases of Bezold's abscess different in clinical presentations each other and we report our cases with a review of literatures.
