Luc abscess: an extraordinary complication of acute otitis media

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jan;34(1):117.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.029. Epub 2015 May 29.

Abstract

Luc abscess is an uncommon suppurative complication of otitis media. Unfamiliarity of this complication leads to delayed diagnosis and treatment. This abscess is usually benign. Infection in the middle ear spreads via anatomic preexisting pathways, and this process results with subperiosteal pus collection. Conservative treatment with drainage under empirical wide spectrum antibiotic is efficient. Here,we present a 9-year-old boy who had left facial swelling after a period of otalgia, diagnosed as Luc abscess without mastoiditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abscess / etiology*
  • Abscess / therapy
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drainage
  • Earache / diagnosis
  • Earache / etiology
  • Earache / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mastoiditis / diagnosis
  • Mastoiditis / etiology*
  • Mastoiditis / therapy
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / complications*
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / diagnosis
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative / therapy
  • Otoscopy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents