Bezold's abscess: a rare complication of otitis media
Steczko, A.; Przeklasa, R.; Składzień, J.; Kurzyński, M.
Otolaryngologia Polska 57(4): 581-586
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6657 PMID: 14587400 Document Number: 555731
The authors present the case of a 21-year-old female in who, during the course of cholesteatoma, extracranial complications occurred twice in the form of Bezold's abscess. This type of the complication of otitis media occurs extremely rare. Medical literature has recorded about 20 cases of such complications. Due to commonly applied antibiotic therapies, extracranial and intracranial complications are rarely recorded in the course of otitis media, their mortality rate, however, amounts to a dozen or so per cent. The paper presents the way in witch the infection of otitis media spreads towards the neck. The authors stress the significance of computer tomography in diagnostic. Radical mastoidectomy and exploration of the neck were performed on the patient. Antibiotic regimens were based on antimicrobial sensitivity patterns. Presently, the patients is under constant laryngologist observation.