Preferred Label : Mastoiditis in infectious or parasitic diseases classified elsewhere;
ICD-11 definition : This is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind
the ear. Specifically, it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid
antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process, that portion of the
temporal bone of the skull that is behind the ear and which contains open, air-containing
spaces, in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere.;
Origin ID : 492119273;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
This is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind
the ear. Specifically, it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid
antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process, that portion of the
temporal bone of the skull that is behind the ear and which contains open, air-containing
spaces, in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere.
