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It is normally an fluid infection you get after numerous ear infections or an untreated ear infection. 1st step in treatment is antibiotics and if unsuccessful, surgery to drain the infection may be required.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThese cells are found in the mastoid process of the temporal bone (behind the ear). They are usually filled with air. If fluid filled they may interfere with hearing.
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What does opacification of mastoid air cells mean?
Opacification of the mastoid air cells means there is an infection in the nasal cavity. This is when there is a mastoid inflammation or infection and involves the mastoid air cells.
What cells are removed during a mastoidectomy?
The cells are open spaces containing air that are located throughout the mastoid bone.
What are the functions of the mastoid air cells?
The mastoid air cells of the temporal bones are an interconnected network of small sinus cavities which communicate with the middle ear via the aditus ad antrum superiorly. The middle ear, which does not communicate with the external auditory canal due to presence of a (normally) intact tympanic membrane (the "ear drum"), depends on the additional compliance of the air-filled mastoid air cells in order to allow the tympanic membrane to move in response to sound waves (= changes in air pressure). The tympanic membrane needs to be able to move freely in order to convert external pressure changes into movement of the ossicular chain of the middle ear, which in turn conveys that motion to the membrane-covered oval window of the fluid-filled cochlea. The cochlea is responsible for converting that movement into nerve signals to send to the brain for interpretation. Interestingly, the cochlea has a second small membrane-covered opening, the round window, to enable the fluid to move in the cochlea secondary to action of the ossicles on the oval window, similar to the function of the mastoid air cells in allowing the tympanic membrane to move in response to changes in external air pressure. If the mastoid air cells are absent or fluid filled, there is less compliance in the system, decreasing the ability for the tympanic membrane to move and transmit sound, decreasing auditory acuity. In addition, the mastoid air cells provide secretions that slowly travel from the mastoid air cells through the middle ear and into the posterior nasopharynx by way of the eustachian tubes in order to keep the middle ear clear of debris. The eustachian tubes are the structures that allow you to "pop" your ears in response to pressure changes, by equalizing pressures in the middle ear with the external environment through transmission of air from your nose and mouth. This is also the primary reason that people (and especially children, with their smaller eustachian tubes) almost always have fluid in their middle ears when they are suffering from upper respiratory tract infections ... the upper respiratory tract is contiguous with the middle ear by way of the eustachian tubes. N.B: The mastoid air cells are not "air bags" or "crumple zones" to protect the brain from injury; severe temporal bone injury carries significant morbidity (hearing loss, facial nerve paralysis, chronic infections, vascular injury of the carotid and internal jugular veins) and mortality, and the mastoid air cells themselves are highly protected with thick overlying cortical bone.
Mucous membranes within the air cells of the mastoid process are most likely to become infected by bacteria spreading from the?
mouth
The relationship between the temporal bone and the ear?
The petrous part of the temporal bone encloses the structures of the inner ear. Inside the tympanic cavity within the petrous part is the middle ear. The external acoustic canal ends at the tympanic membrane, which leads to the inner ear. Mastoid air cells within the mastoid process are connected to the tympanic cavity.
What does opacification of mastoid air cells mean?
Opacification of the mastoid air cells means there is an infection in the nasal cavity. This is when there is a mastoid inflammation or infection and involves the mastoid air cells.
What is sclerosis left mastoid air cells?
what is sclerosis of the left mastoid
What is a simple case of mastoiditis?
In a simple case of mastoiditis some fluid escapes into the mastoid air cells during a middle ear infection.
What cells are removed during a mastoidectomy?
The cells are open spaces containing air that are located throughout the mastoid bone.
What is the term there is haziness of the left middle ear cavity and mastoid antrum with sclerosed mastoid air cells due to chronic oto-mastoiditis?
conduction deafness
What are the functions of the mastoid air cells?
The mastoid air cells of the temporal bones are an interconnected network of small sinus cavities which communicate with the middle ear via the aditus ad antrum superiorly. The middle ear, which does not communicate with the external auditory canal due to presence of a (normally) intact tympanic membrane (the "ear drum"), depends on the additional compliance of the air-filled mastoid air cells in order to allow the tympanic membrane to move in response to sound waves (= changes in air pressure). The tympanic membrane needs to be able to move freely in order to convert external pressure changes into movement of the ossicular chain of the middle ear, which in turn conveys that motion to the membrane-covered oval window of the fluid-filled cochlea. The cochlea is responsible for converting that movement into nerve signals to send to the brain for interpretation. Interestingly, the cochlea has a second small membrane-covered opening, the round window, to enable the fluid to move in the cochlea secondary to action of the ossicles on the oval window, similar to the function of the mastoid air cells in allowing the tympanic membrane to move in response to changes in external air pressure. If the mastoid air cells are absent or fluid filled, there is less compliance in the system, decreasing the ability for the tympanic membrane to move and transmit sound, decreasing auditory acuity. In addition, the mastoid air cells provide secretions that slowly travel from the mastoid air cells through the middle ear and into the posterior nasopharynx by way of the eustachian tubes in order to keep the middle ear clear of debris. The eustachian tubes are the structures that allow you to "pop" your ears in response to pressure changes, by equalizing pressures in the middle ear with the external environment through transmission of air from your nose and mouth. This is also the primary reason that people (and especially children, with their smaller eustachian tubes) almost always have fluid in their middle ears when they are suffering from upper respiratory tract infections ... the upper respiratory tract is contiguous with the middle ear by way of the eustachian tubes. N.B: The mastoid air cells are not "air bags" or "crumple zones" to protect the brain from injury; severe temporal bone injury carries significant morbidity (hearing loss, facial nerve paralysis, chronic infections, vascular injury of the carotid and internal jugular veins) and mortality, and the mastoid air cells themselves are highly protected with thick overlying cortical bone.
What is the temporal part of the bone that can be seen and felt as a prominent lump just posterior to the ear?
This part is called as mastoid process. Besides it lies a styloid process. There are air cells inside the mastoid process.
Mucous membranes within the air cells of the mastoid process are most likely to become infected by bacteria spreading from the?
mouth
What is the purpose of a mastoidectomy?
Mastoidectomy is performed to remove infected air cells within the mastoid bone caused by mastoiditis, ear infection, or an inflammatory disease of the middle ear (cholesteatoma).
When are mastoidectomies performed?
A mastoidectomy is performed to remove infected mastoid air cells resulting from ear infections, such as mastoiditis or chronic otitis, or by inflammatory disease of the middle ear (cholesteatoma).
What keeps the surface between the air and the alveolar cells moist in the lung?
alveolar fluid
What can a CT scan reveal about a case of mastoiditis?
A computed tomography scan (CT scan) will show inflammation and fluid within the airspaces of the mastoid, as well as the erosion of the little walls of bone that should separate the air spaces.
