80 patients (39 males, 41 females) with mastoiditis were treated at Binh Phuoc province from March 2004 to January/2005. The patient’s age of 16 to 58 accounted for highest rate (96.25%). The symptoms such as headache, bad hearing, tinnitus occurred in 100% of patients. There was 81.25% of patients had a history of run ear fluid; 92.5% had myringorupture. Drain the mastoid antrum from upper middle ear was the most common method (98.75%), tympanoplasty was used in 92.5% of patients. Drugs and combination therapy: lincomycine, gentamycine, prednisone, diclofenac and vitamine of B group. Surgery method plays important role in the treatment of mastoiditis.
Mastoiditis ; Therapeutics ; Diagnosis

Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Mastoiditis ; Otitis Media

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Mastoid* ; Mastoiditis* ; Otitis Media* ; Otitis* ; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial*

Female ; Hemifacial Spasm ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Mastoiditis ; complications ; Middle Aged

Humans ; Mastoiditis ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Otitis Media ; diagnosis ; surgery

Osteomas are benign osteoblastic tumors that occur mainly in the fronto-ethmoid areas ofthe head and neck region. When they occasionally occur in the temporal bone, the external auditory canal is the most common site of origin; they rarely occur in the mastoid region. Moreover, mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis is an extremely rare entity in the temporal bone. Recently, the authors experienced a case of mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis in the left temporal bone. The mastoid osteoma was completely resected itself without a mastoidectomy, only for correction of the cosmetic deformity; the mastoiditis was not treated. Hence, the authors report the first case of a mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis in Korea, along with a review of the related literature.
Cosmetics ; Ear Canal ; Head ; Korea ; Mastoid ; Mastoiditis ; Neck ; Osteoblasts ; Osteoma ; Temporal Bone

Ear, Middle ; pathology ; Female ; Granuloma, Plasma Cell ; pathology ; Humans ; Mastoiditis ; pathology ; Middle Aged

Subdural empyema is a rare form of intracranial sepsis associated with high morbidity and mortality. The most frequent cause is extension of paranasal sinusitis through emissary veins or of mastoiditis through the mucosa, bone, and dura mater. Development of subdural empyema after pyogenic meningitis is known to be very unusual in adults. We report a rare case of fatal subdural empyema, an unusual complication of pyogenic meningitis. Our bitter experience suggests that subdural empyema should be borne in mind in patient with pyogenic meningitis who exhibit neurological deterioration.
Adult ; Dura Mater ; Empyema, Subdural ; Humans ; Mastoid ; Mastoiditis ; Meningitis ; Mucous Membrane ; Sepsis ; Sinusitis ; Veins

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Acute mastoiditis is an acute inflammatory disease of the mastoid process but it has declined dramatically in the postantibiotic era. However, contrary to the benefits of broad-spectrum antibiotics, resistant and unusual pathogens may cause this disease entity. Recently, in our hospital, antibiotic resistant and atypical pathogens such as Actinomyces, Mycobacterium tuberculosis were on the increase. In this paper we would like to discuss optimal diagnosis and treatment for acute mastoiditis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirteen patients with mastoititis were treated in our hospital in the last 10 years. All of them were reviewedretrospectively. RESULTS: Eight patients recovered after treating with intravenous antibiotics with or without myringotomy and the rest were managed surgically. Among the 5 who received surgical treatments, one developed chronic otitis media and one developed cholesteatoma 3 years later. CONCLUSION: Surgical intervention was indicated for cases that accompanied complications. It would be important to be aware of any unusual pathogens in the management of acute mastoiditis which does not respond to empirical antibiotics therapy.
Actinomyces ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Cholesteatoma ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Mastoid* ; Mastoiditis* ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; Otitis Media

The subdural empyema is a rare disease characterized by a collection of pus in the subdural space. It usually occurs as a complication of otolaryngologic infections such as paranasal sinusitis, otitis media or mastoiditis. Although pus may localize anywhere in the subdural space, more than 90% of cases occur supratentorially. Infratentorial subdural empyema is rare, most of them otogenic, but subtentorially localized empyema is even rarer. It is considered as a neurosurgical emergency, but some authors have reported successful treatment of subdural empyema with conservative treatment. We have experienced a case of subtentorial subdural empyema resuting from chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma which was successfully treated with mastoidectomy, accompanied by the conservative treatment. In this paper, we report this case with a review of literature.
Cholesteatoma* ; Emergencies ; Empyema ; Empyema, Subdural* ; Mastoid ; Mastoiditis ; Otitis Media* ; Otitis* ; Rare Diseases ; Sinusitis ; Subdural Space ; Suppuration