Non-Hodgkin diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of the mastoid that extend from the nasopharynx are extremely rare in children. Moreover, in lymphoproliferative diseases, the presence of otoneurological signs prior to systemic disease involvement is rare. Here, we present a rare case of non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma invading the middle ear and mastoid in a 1-year-old boy that mimicked acute mastoiditi...

Introduction Bezold’s abscess is a rare complication of an acute otitis media caused by pus drainage through the medial mastoid process wall and digastric groove. Expansion purulent secretion can lead to infectious thrombophlebitis internal jugular vein.

zontal segment and pyramidal segment, but it was small at the vertical segment. In infants, the rate was smaller than in adalts except for part of foramen stylomastoidea. 3. The wall of the facial canal was thinest on the side of tympanic cavity especially at the horizontal and pyramidal segment and thinest portion of the canal wall was 0.1 to 0.3mm thick on an average. On the side of the masto...