[Acute otitis media in a 5 year-old child complicated by mastoiditis and abscess of the temporomandibular joint].

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[Acute otitis media in a 5 year-old child complicated by mastoiditis and abscess of the temporomandibular joint].

Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2017;82(2):74-76

Authors: Bogomil'sky MR, Polunin MM, Soldatsky YL, Timofeeva AV, Polyakov AA, Kul'makov SA

Abstract
This article was designed to report a case of otogenic abscess of the temporomandibular joint in a 5 year-old child. The specific feature of this observation is a rare complication of acute otitis media (otogenic abscess of the temporomandibular joint). Of crucial importance for the establishment of the correct diagnosis was the timely evaluation of the state of the temporomandibular bones by means of CT examination.

PMID: 28514370 [PubMed - in process]

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