ABSCESS IN RELATION TO MASTOID INFECTION | MASTOIDITIS | NEET PG

Abscess in relation to mastoid infection

1. post auricular abscess
-commonest abscess

- in children's - from over the macEwen's Triangle

2 . zygomatic abscess
- in front and above the pinna
- associated edema of the upper eyelid
- due to infection of zygomatic air cells Asus Asus Radha

3. bezold abscess

- swelling between the tip of mastoid and angle of jaw
- & in parapharyngeal space

clinical features
- sudden onset
- pain
- fever
swelling in the neck
- torticollis


rx
a) cortical mastoidectomy
b) drainage through separate incision
c) intravenous antibiotics


4.lucs abscess / meatal abscess


5. citelli's abscess
- behind mastoid more towards the occipital bone


6 parapharyngeal / retropharyngeal abscess

- result from infection of peritubal cells due to acute mastoiditis