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==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
The prognosis of mastoiditis is good with treatment. Excellent outcomes may be expected for those who are managed without delay.  
* The prognosis of mastoiditis is good with treatment. Excellent outcomes may be expected for those who are managed without delay.  


Children with acute mastoiditis should be managed in centres where timely and complete medical and surgical treatment is available.
* Children with acute mastoiditis should be managed in centres where timely and complete medical and surgical treatment is available.


Without treatment, will result in cerebral complications.<ref name="pmid19758711">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pang LH, Barakate MS, Havas TE |title=Mastoiditis in a paediatric population: a review of 11 years experience in management |journal=Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. |volume=73 |issue=11 |pages=1520–4 |year=2009 |pmid=19758711 |doi=10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.07.003 |url=}}</ref> 
* Without treatment, will result in cerebral complications.<ref name="pmid19758711">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pang LH, Barakate MS, Havas TE |title=Mastoiditis in a paediatric population: a review of 11 years experience in management |journal=Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. |volume=73 |issue=11 |pages=1520–4 |year=2009 |pmid=19758711 |doi=10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.07.003 |url=}}</ref>
 
* The outcome of acute mastoiditis depends upon the extent of infection [6,19]. Most children with acute mastoiditis that is appropriately treated early in the course recover without complications or long-term sequelae (eg, hearing loss) [12,19]. Intracranial extension may be associated with permanent neurologic deficits or death.<ref name="pmid9807067">{{cite journal |vauthors=Goldstein NA, Casselbrant ML, Bluestone CD, Kurs-Lasky M |title=Intratemporal complications of acute otitis media in infants and children |journal=Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=119 |issue=5 |pages=444–54 |year=1998 |pmid=9807067 |doi=10.1016/S0194-5998(98)70100-7 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19487433">{{cite journal |vauthors=Anderson KJ |title=Mastoiditis |journal=Pediatr Rev |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=233–4 |year=2009 |pmid=19487433 |doi=10.1542/pir.30-6-233 |url=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Natural History

Without treatment, the patient will develop sever complication, which may eventually lead to brain infection complications and death.

Complications

The consequences of mastoiditis have been reduced after introduction of antimicrobial agents and adequate therapy of acute otitis media. However mastoiditis has not been omitted completely and may give rise to sever complications. The incidence of mastoiditis complications are differs from 4% to 16.6% in the multiple studies.[1][2][3][4]

mastoiditis complication may be classified to extracranial and intracranial as in below table: [1][5][6][7]

Extracranial complications Osteomyelitis Mastoid infection may spread to other parts of the skull which leads to osteomyelitis.

Petrositis is petrous bone osteomyelitis, which could be as a part of Gradenigo’s syndrome (retro-orbital pain, otorrhea, abducens nerve palsy, and acute or chronic otitis media)

Labyrinthitis Inflammation or infection of the bony part of labyrinth could cause labyrinthitis. Sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, vomiting, vertigo, and spontaneous nystagmus clinical symptoms diagnosis
Facial nerve palsy May occur when the facial nerve passes throw the canal in the petrous part of temporal bone
Bezold abscess This abscess is a neck abscess under the digastric and sternocleidomastoid muscles. Clinical features of Bezold abscess include swelling and tenderness below the mastoid process and below the sternocleidomastoid muscle.[8]
Hearing loss Acute mastoiditis can cause hearing loss because of middle ear effusion or external auditory canal obstruction. This condition can be transient and resolves with appropriate treatment. However in some situation hearing loss may be permanent, such as middle ear ossicles damage or cochlea damage due to suppurative labyrinthitis.
Subperiosteal abscess Fluctuation, erythema and a tender mass overlying the mastoid bone are clinical clues to diagnosis of this complication.
Intracranial complications Epidural and subdural abscess Fever, otalgia, cephalgia are general clinical features. An altered mental status along with an otitis media may also be a sign of intracranial complication.
Meningitis
Temporal bone or brain abscess
Venous sinus thrombosis

Prognosis

  • The prognosis of mastoiditis is good with treatment. Excellent outcomes may be expected for those who are managed without delay.
  • Children with acute mastoiditis should be managed in centres where timely and complete medical and surgical treatment is available.
  • Without treatment, will result in cerebral complications.[9]
  • The outcome of acute mastoiditis depends upon the extent of infection [6,19]. Most children with acute mastoiditis that is appropriately treated early in the course recover without complications or long-term sequelae (eg, hearing loss) [12,19]. Intracranial extension may be associated with permanent neurologic deficits or death.[10][11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Go C, Bernstein JM, de Jong AL, Sulek M, Friedman EM (2000). "Intracranial complications of acute mastoiditis". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 52 (2): 143–8. PMID 10767461.
  2. Katz A, Leibovitz E, Greenberg D, Raiz S, Greenwald-Maimon M, Leiberman A, Dagan R (2003). "Acute mastoiditis in Southern Israel: a twelve year retrospective study (1990 through 2001)". Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 22 (10): 878–82. doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000091292.24683.fc. PMID 14551488.
  3. Oestreicher-Kedem Y, Raveh E, Kornreich L, Popovtzer A, Buller N, Nageris B (2005). "Complications of mastoiditis in children at the onset of a new millennium". Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 114 (2): 147–52. doi:10.1177/000348940511400212. PMID 15757196.
  4. Benito MB, Gorricho BP (2007). "Acute mastoiditis: increase in the incidence and complications". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 71 (7): 1007–11. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.02.014. PMID 17493691.
  5. Minovi A, Dazert S (2014). "Diseases of the middle ear in childhood". GMS Curr Top Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 13: Doc11. doi:10.3205/cto000114. PMC 4273172. PMID 25587371.
  6. Pellegrini S, Gonzalez Macchi ME, Sommerfleck PA, Bernáldez PC (2012). "Intratemporal complications from acute otitis media in children: 17 cases in two years". Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 63 (1): 21–5. doi:10.1016/j.otorri.2011.06.007. PMID 21982482.
  7. van den Aardweg MT, Rovers MM, de Ru JA, Albers FW, Schilder AG (2008). "A systematic review of diagnostic criteria for acute mastoiditis in children". Otol. Neurotol. 29 (6): 751–7. doi:10.1097/MAO.0b013e31817f736b. PMID 18617870.
  8. Leskinen K (2005). "Complications of acute otitis media in children". Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 5 (4): 308–12. PMID 15967073.
  9. Pang LH, Barakate MS, Havas TE (2009). "Mastoiditis in a paediatric population: a review of 11 years experience in management". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 73 (11): 1520–4. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.07.003. PMID 19758711.
  10. Goldstein NA, Casselbrant ML, Bluestone CD, Kurs-Lasky M (1998). "Intratemporal complications of acute otitis media in infants and children". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 119 (5): 444–54. doi:10.1016/S0194-5998(98)70100-7. PMID 9807067.
  11. Anderson KJ (2009). "Mastoiditis". Pediatr Rev. 30 (6): 233–4. doi:10.1542/pir.30-6-233. PMID 19487433.

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