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(Pediatrics in Review. 2009;30:233-234. doi:10.1542/10.1542/pir.30-6-233)
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Mastoiditis

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Acute Mastoiditis. Blevins NH, Lalwani AK. In: Lalwani AK, Grundfast KM, eds. Pediatric Otology and Neurotology. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott-Raven; 1998:265 –275

The Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx. Cotton RT. In: Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM, Hostetter MK, Lister G, Siegel NJ, eds. Rudolph's Pediatrics. 21st ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2003:1239 –1282

Pneumococcal Mastoiditis in Children and the Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Serotype 19A Isolates. Ongkasuwan J, Valdez T, Hulten K, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122 :34 –39[Abstract/Free Full Text]

Acute Mastoiditis in Children: Presentation and Long-term Consequences. Glynn F, Osman L, Colreavy M, et al. J Laryngol Otol. 2008;122 :233 –237[Medline]

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Mastoiditis is part of a spectrum of disease that represents suppurative complications of acute otitis media (AOM). From birth to the age of 2 years, the mastoid air cells grow dramatically, and the mastoid antrum provides a conduit for infection to spread posteriorly and superiorly from the middle ear to these air cells. In fact, inflammation of the mastoid air cells, which are contiguous with the middle ear, occurs in most cases of AOM. Although mastoiditis may occur at any age in childhood, it is seen more often in children younger than age 10 years and most often in children younger than age 2 years. The widespread use of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Kari J. Anderson, MD
 Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Henry M. Adam, MD, Editor, In Brief
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