Mastoiditis - enrojecimiento e hinchazón detrás del oído
La mastoiditis es una infección de las celdillas aéreas óseas ubicadas en la apófisis mastoides, la cual está localizada detrás del oído. En la actualidad es poco común gracias al uso de antibióticos para las infecciones óticas. Este niño presenta edema y enrojecimiento por detrás del pabellón auricular derecho debido a la mastoiditis.
Revision
Last reviewed 8/30/2012 by Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Seth Schwartz, MD, MPH, Otolaryngologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc
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