Differentiating mastoiditis from other diseases
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
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 finding and laboratory testing.
Differentiating Mastoiditis from other Diseases
Mastoiditis must be differentiated from other diseases that cause postauricular inflammation or swelling.[1]
Disease | History and symptoms | Physical examinations | laboratory findings |
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Mastoiditis | History of otitis media, 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 | Sswelling and erythema of the pinan. 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 |