Luc abscess: an extraordinary complication of acute otitis media
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.34, sa.1, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.029
- Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Luc abscess is an uncommon suppurative complication of otitis media. Unfamiliarity of this complication leads to delayed diagnosis and treatment. This abscess is usually benign. Infection in the middle ear spreads via anatomic preexisting pathways, and this process results with subperiosteal pus collection. Conservative treatment with drainage under empirical wide spectrum antibiotic is efficient. Here, we present a 9-year-old boy who had left facial swelling after a period of otalgia, diagnosed as Luc abscess without mastoiditis.