Pulmonary radiographic changes in the course of otomastoid diseases with minimally symptomatic clinical evolution (in infants and young children)

: Otomastoiditis of infants and young children, masked in its evolution by antibiotics, continues to be increasingly met with. Diagnostic difficulties are caused by the paucity of the symptomatology in such cases. The present study included 111 cases of otomastoiditis admitted to the ORL Clinic for Children; routine X-ray of the lungs was performed. The results showed particular pulmonary alterations (interstitial design, diffuse or segmentary opacities, emphysema), without corresponding clinical pulmonary distress.