[Review of acute otomastoiditis in the paediatric population. Our cases].

The introduction of antibiotics has decreased the number of acute mastoiditis as complication of otitis media in children. However, this pathology still is a serious infection. Its incidence has increased in the last years and goes on getting diagnostic and therapeutic problems. We are reporting an own review about 18 children diagnosed as acute otomastoiditis, hospitalized in a 10 years period, with ages between 10 months and 14 years. We have analysed different parameters standing out the otoscopic and radiologic findings, clinical symptoms, previous antibiotic treatment, type of surgical intervention performed and complications.