Case Report
Zygomatic Abscess with Temporomandibular Joint Effusion Complicating Acute Otitis Media
1Department of Otolaryngology, Medipol University, İstanbul, Turkey
2Department of Otolaryngology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
3Department of Radiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
4Department of Otolaryngology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
2Department of Otolaryngology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
3Department of Radiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
4Department of Otolaryngology, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
J Clin Pract Res 2016; 38(3): 119-121 DOI: 10.5152/emj.2016.150046
Abstract
The incidences of extracranial and intracranial complications of acute otitis media (AOM) in children have markedly decreased in the postantibiotic era. Zygomatic abscesses are the rarest type of abscesses originating from mastoiditis. This paper presents a case with a zygomatic abscess as a complication of acute coalescent mastoiditis in a 7-year-old girl who underwent cortical mastoidectomy and myringotomy–ventilation tube insertion.
Keywords: Acute otitis media, complications, subperiosteal abscess, zygomatic abscess