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Picket fence fever is a feature of-

A
Acute mastoiditis
B
Lateral sinus thrombophlebitis
C
Bell's Palsy
D
Atticoantral CSOM
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Lateral sinus thrombophlebitis Signs of lateral sinus thrombosis (sigmoid sinus thrombosis)o Hectic Picket-Fence type of fever with rigor.o Headache, Progressive anemia and emaciation.o Griesinger's sign:- odema over the posterior part of mastoid due to thrombosis of mastoid emissary veinso Papilloedemao Tobey-Ayer testo Crowe-Beck test:- Pressure on jugular vein of healthy side produces engorgement of retinal veins. Pressure on affected side does not produce such changeo Tenderness along jugular vein

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