title: [Postauricular cutaneous mastoid fistula: a case report].
abstract: Infections which involve the middle ear mucosa may easily cause mastoiditis due to the relation between the middle ear space and mastoid cavity. Postauricular cutaneous mastoid fistula is a rare complication of chronic otitis media. While most of the simple mastoid fistulas tend to heal spontaneously with the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media, cutaneous mastoid fistulas tend to heal very slowly, as the ingrowth of the skin surrounding the fistula is followed by necrosis or epithelization of the skin edges. In this article, we report a 46-year-old female case of automastoidectomy secondary to the chronic otitis and postauricular cutaneous mastoid fistula in the light of surgical closure technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Togay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müderris
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berçin
authors.forename: Ergün
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sevil
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kırış
mesh_terms: D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013524:Surgical Flaps