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Abstract
Background: Acute mastoiditis is a serious complication of acute otitis media especially in the pediatric age group.
This study reports the authors experience in the treatment of children admitted with acute mastoiditis to the
Pediatric Hospital of Cairo University throughout the year 2007, also we aimed to evaluate our current
management of this serious disease.
Methods: Nineteen children were included in this study, 11 females and 8 males, their ages ranged from 9
months to 11 years. All children were treated with intravenous antibiotic on initial admission, myringotomy was
considered for cases that did not respond to medical treatment for 48 hours, while cortical mastoidectomy (with
myringotomy) was reserved for cases that presented initially with subperiosteal abscess with or without post-
auricular fistula, cases with intracranial complications and for cases that showed no response to myringotomy (after
48 hours). Follow up of the patients was carried out for at least 1 year.
Results: Medical management alone was enough in 5 cases (26%); all of them had erythematous tender mastoid
on first presentation. Seven cases (37%) needed myringotomy; 2 of them showed no response and they needed
cortical mastoidectomy and the other 5 cases responded well except for 1 case that developed post-auricular
subperiosteal abscess 2 months later necessitating cortical mastoidectomy with no evidence of recurrence till the
end of the follow-up period. Seven cases (37%) presented with subperiosteal abscess and they needed cortical
mastoidectomy with myringotomy; they showed no recurrence till the end of the study.
Conclusion: Conservative management is an effective method in the treatment of non-complicated acute
mastoiditis, but myringotomy should be considered if there is no response within 48 hours. Cortical
mastoidectomy should be used in conjunction with the medical management in the treatment of complicated
cases.
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Figure 1 Post-auricular abscess. (A) without fistula and (B) with fistula.
Figure 2 CT of the skull shows subperiosteal abscess, (A) axial view and (B) coronal view with the arrow points to sigmoid sinus
thrombosis.
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Cite this article as: Abdel-Aziz and El-Hoshy: Acute mastoiditis: A one
year study in the pediatric hospital of Cairo university. BMC Ear, Nose
and Throat Disorders 2010 10:1.