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Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling such as [[lymphadenopathy]], periauricular [[cellulitis]], [[auricle]] perichondritis, [[mumps]] and [[mastoid]] [[tumors]]. These diseases may be distinguished from mastoiditis via clinical findings and laboratory testing. | Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular [[inflammation]] or [[swelling]] such as [[lymphadenopathy]], periauricular [[cellulitis]], [[auricle]] perichondritis, [[mumps]] and [[mastoid]] [[tumors]]. These diseases may be distinguished from mastoiditis via clinical findings and laboratory testing. | ||
==Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases== |
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Overview
Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling such as lymphadenopathy, periauricular cellulitis, auricle perichondritis, mumps and mastoid tumors. These diseases may be distinguished from mastoiditis via clinical findings and laboratory testing.
Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases
Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling.[1][2][3]
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Enlarged lymph node |
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Periauricular cellulitis |
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Perichondritis of the auricle |
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Mumps |
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Mastoid tumors |
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References
- ↑ Bluestone CD (2000). "Clinical course, complications and sequelae of acute otitis media". Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 19 (5 Suppl): S37–46. PMID 10821471.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.