Bezold's abscess: Definition from Answers.com

Bezold's abscess
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	H 70.0
ICD-9	383.01
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Bezold's Abscess is an abscess in the sternocleidomastoid muscle where pus from a mastoiditis escapes into the sternocleidomastoid. It is a rare complication of acute otitis media.

Eponym

It is named after Friedrich Bezold (German otologist, 1842-1908). ^[1]

Severe pain in perimastoid region, difficulty of swallowing, sore throat, difficulty in breathing, nuchal rigidity, and fever.

^ Source: F. von Bezold: Ein neuer Weg für die Ausbreitung einer eitrigen Entzündung aus den Räumen des Mittelohrs auf die Nachbarschaft und die in diesem Fall einzuschlagende Therapie. Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1885, 7: 381-385.

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Inner ear and
central pathways

Common pathway

Hearing impairment	Conductive hearing loss (Otosclerosis, Superior canal dehiscence) · Sensorineural hearing loss (Presbycusis, Central hearing loss)

Excessive response	Tinnitus · Hyperacusis/Phonophobia

Deafblindness	Wolfram syndrome · Usher syndrome

see also congenital

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