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Acute and latent mastoiditis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. Faye-Lund
H. Faye-Lund*
Affiliation:
Oslo, Norway
*
H. Faye-Lund, M.D., ENT-Department, Ullevål sykehus, Kirkeveien 166, 0407 Oslo 4, Norway
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Abstract

The diagnosis ‘acute;’ mastoiditis is not an unambiguous entity. It contains both ‘classical’ and ‘latent’ mastoiditis. ‘Classical’ mastoiditis was often seen before the antibiotic era, had serious complications and was cured by mastoidectomy. After the introduction of antibiotics, the number of cases of ‘classical’ mastoiditis decreased and was replaced by a more prolonged condition called ‘latent’ mastoiditis. Lately in Oslo, we have seen an increase in numbers of ‘classical’ mastoiditis and at the same time a decrease in the incidence of ‘latent’ mastoiditis. A four year study of patients with ‘classical’ mastoiditis is described.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 12 , December 1989 , pp. 1158 - 1160
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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