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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Treatment of choice in postauricular abscess as a complication of otitis media is:
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The correct answer is  Postaural abscess usually follows coalescent mastoiditis as after acute otitis media or in cases of mastoiditis with cholesteatoma; a mastoidectomy is therefore important in its treatment.