A 12 year old presents with fever, unilateral post auricular pain, mastoid bulging displacing the pinna forward and outwards with loss of bony trabeculae. This patient has history of chronic persistent pus discharge from same ear. Treatment of choice is?
The patient is presenting with features of postauricular subperiosteal abscess. Treatment for this is antibiotics along with drainage of abscess and coical mastoidectomy.This patient has developed this abscess as a complication of CSOM (History of chronic ear discharge) for which he requires meastoidectomy.
Antibiotics only
Incision and drainage
Antibiotics, incision and drainage
Mastoidectomy with incision, drainage and antibiotics