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Acute right ear pain associated with fever and tachycardia.
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Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
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CT of the brain demonstrates right middle ear effusion with some minute gas locules likely percolating through effusion via pharyngotympanic tube. The opacification extends to the mastoid air cells with no evidence of bony destruction. (Take note that inferior tip right mastoid process has not been imaged).