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Citelli abscess

Last revised by Daniel J Bell ◉ on 12 Jun 2019

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Deng F, Bell D, Gilcrease-Garcia B, Citelli abscess. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-65532

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-65532

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/65532

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65532

Article created:

13 Jan 2019, Francis Deng ◉

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At the time the article was created Francis Deng had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

12 Jun 2019, Daniel J Bell ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.

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4 times, by 3 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

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Head & Neck

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refs, cases, eponym

Synonyms:

Citelli's abscess
Citelli abscesses
Citelli's abscesses

Citelli abscesses are a suppurative complication of acute mastoiditis. The term may refer to extracranial abscesses in two different juxtamastoidal locations:

posterior to the mastoid involving/abutting the occipital bone
anteroinferior to the mastoid tip involving the digastric muscle or within the digastric triangle

History and etymology

Salvatore Citèlli (1875-1947) was an Italian otorhinolaryngologist ^3,4.

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