Mastoid air cell opacification

Otitis media

and mastoiditis of the right side (left side in image). 44-year-old woman.

Coalescent

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Acute

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Acute

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Mastoid air cell opacification can occur in a number of situations and can include a spectrum of inflammatory, neoplastic, vascular, fibro-osseous, and traumatic changes.

Possible causes include:

otomastoiditis
- acute otomastoiditis
- chronic otomastoiditis
radiation
trauma (temporal bone fracture)
temporal bone masses
- primary neoplasms
- metastases
- hematopoietic neoplasms
  - plasmacytoma
  - Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Eustachian tube obstructive dysfunction
- inflammation
- nasopharyngeal mass
  - nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  - adenoidal hypertrophy
- trauma
  - intubation
  - surgery
- congenital abnormalities
  - cleft palate

Mastoid air cell opacification

See also

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