Mastoid Tenderness
How to Elicit
- Palpate over the mastoid process, and ask the patient whether the area is tender.
Causes of Mastoid Tenderness
- Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
- Bell's Palsy
- Fracture of temporal bone
- Mastoiditis
Periauricular Vesicles
Look For
- Vesicles over the pinna and external ear canal.
Significance
- Pathognomonic for herpes zoster infection (Ramsay-Hunt syndrome).
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