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Hi,
No, there is practically no way to know from outside whether
aditus is blocked or not. Trans eustachian or trans tympanic
endoscopy is an option but is not usually practically employed.
Bone
biopsy report is not going to alter the current line of management.
Feeling of ear blockade is not due to aditus blockade. Aditus blockade prevents ventilation of mastoid air cell system and thus prevents the complete resolution of infection from the mastoid and thus the waxing and waning course. Presently either your middle ear is open, that is the graft has not fully taken up or the neo tympanic membrane is retracted markedly and giving the adhesive change appearance. Both the conditions warrant a surgery.
Very unlikely from your history.
Your modified radical
mastoidectomy may or may not relieve your pain in the regions other than mastoid. If a low grade simmering infection is there in the bone, the culture during surgery and then specific antibiotic post surgery will be more effective. Long term low dose antibiotics help in such situations. Please discuss with your doctor.
Modified radical mastoidectomy (MRM) provides a better ventilation of the mastoid and is independent of the aditus patency. So, there is better chance of it making your problem resolve. MRM has its own problems with the cavity, so please discus with your doctor regarding cavity problems and understand well before going for MRM.
Trigeminal neuralgia, if it is there, can many a times be there without any finding in MRI.
Your
mastoid infection is unlikely to lead to a continuously raised CRP. But a sustained infection in bone like an
osteomyelitis in the region can be a cause for this.
As your ear is giving you lot of problems, and two conservative surgeries have not helped much, a little radical approach is the next option available.
Feel free to ask another query.
Regards