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Otitis media is a broad term that includes acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME), chronic otitis media with effusion (COME), and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). This…

Keywords Mastoiditis, suppurative infection, ear pain (otalgia), draining ear (otorrhea), postauricular swelling, postauricular tenderness, postauricular fluctuance, acute otitis media, Streptococcus pneumoniae , Streptococcus pyogenes , Staphylococcus aureus , aerobic gram-positive…

Although most infections of the oral cavity in children are odontogenic and may be treated simply with local measures, the occasional spread of these infections to adjacent or distant fascial…

Otitis externa is an inflammation of the external ear canal commonly caused by infection. It constitutes one of the most common otolaryngologic encounters in the emergency department. This condition is…

Cervical lymphadenopathy is enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck. Cervical lymphadenitis implies one or more nodes are inflamed. The inflammatory response by the host is triggered by some…

Keywords deep neck space infection, peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal abscess, parapharyngeal abscess   A deep neck abscess is a collection of pus in a potential space bounded by fascia. These potential…

Infections of the uvula have been reported infrequently in the medical literature. When the uvula is the most inflamed structure in the posterior pharynx of a febrile child, acute infection…