title: Luc abscess: an extraordinary complication of acute otitis media.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Balçova, 35340, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: anler.278@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anıl
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Er
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Balçova, 35340, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: taner.erdag@deu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Taner Kemal
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Erdağ
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Balçova, 35340, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: aykutcaglar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aykut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çağlar
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Balçova, 35340, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: ozgur.kumus@deu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Kümüş
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Balçova, 35340, İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: mduman@deu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duman
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D004433:Earache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D038781:Otoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents