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==Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases== | ||
Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling | Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling.<ref name="pmid10821471">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bluestone CD |title=Clinical course, complications and sequelae of acute otitis media |journal=Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. |volume=19 |issue=5 Suppl |pages=S37–46 |year=2000 |pmid=10821471 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Overview
Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases
Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling.[1]
| Disease | Findings |
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| Mastoiditis | Posterior ear pain, local erythema and tenderness and edema on the mastoid bone, outward and upward displaced auricle, abnormal tympanic membrane |
| Lymphadenopathy | Well defined and mobile mass, no effect on auricle and tympanic mass |
| Periauricular inflammation or cellulitis | Tympanic membrane is normal. Mostly due to a skin minor trauma. |
| Perichondritis of the auricle | Sd by swelling and erythema of the pin. Tsiditis, the postauricular crease is preserved, and the tympanic membrane appears normal. |
| mumps | Parotid glands swelling, tympanic membrane is normal |
| Mastoid tumors | Tympanic membrane is normal |