Hicham Lyoubi1, Omar Berrada2, Adil Lekhbal3, Reda Allah Abada4, Mohammed Mahtar5. 1. ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital August 20, 1953, Ibn Rochd Teaching Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: Hicham.lyoubi23@gmail.com. 2. ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital August 20, 1953, Ibn Rochd Teaching Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: Omarberrada7o@gmail.com. 3. ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital August 20, 1953, Ibn Rochd Teaching Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: Adillekhbal@gmail.com. 4. ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital August 20, 1953, Ibn Rochd Teaching Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: Redaabada12@gmail.com. 5. ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital August 20, 1953, Ibn Rochd Teaching Hospital, Casablanca, Morocco. Electronic address: Momahtar14@gmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Bezold abscess is a suppurative complication of mastoiditis that the incidence has significantly decreased in the current era due to the introduction of antibiotics. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We discuss the case of a 62-year-old male who developed Bezold abscess following a right mastoiditis. He presented with laterocervical swelling. His management included; incision and drainage of the abscesses; and mastoidectomy. CONCLUSION: The incidence of Bezold abscess appears to be increasing, perhaps due to ignorance of the disease by many clinicians, and diagnosis is often delayed with potentially fatal consequences.
INTRODUCTION:Bezold abscess is a suppurative complication of mastoiditis that the incidence has significantly decreased in the current era due to the introduction of antibiotics. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We discuss the case of a 62-year-old male who developed Bezold abscess following a right mastoiditis. He presented with laterocervical swelling. His management included; incision and drainage of the abscesses; and mastoidectomy. CONCLUSION: The incidence of Bezold abscess appears to be increasing, perhaps due to ignorance of the disease by many clinicians, and diagnosis is often delayed with potentially fatal consequences.