Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10167906 | Otolaryngologia Polska | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The persistent othorrea, otalgia and headache, prolonged high fever, neurological signs were the most common symptoms associated with the development of intracranial complications of acute mastoiditis in children. Computed tomography and MRI are necessary tools for diagnosis and surgery planning in every case of latent mastoiditis. Antibiotic treatment of acute mastoiditis does not prevent otogenic complications. Extracranial or intracranial complications of acute mastoiditis need surgical treatment and prolonged antibiotic therapy. The present study found evidence for decreased incidence of mastoiditis and their suppurative complications during last years.
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Authors
Jerzy Kuczkowski, Waldemar Narożny, CzesÅaw Stankiewicz, Bożena Kowalska, Wojciech Brzoznowski, MirosÅawa Dubaniewicz-Wybieralska,