CT and MRI in malignant external otitis: A report of four cases

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Karantanas, Apostolos H ^a   Karantzas, Georgios ^a   Katsiva, Vasiliki ^b   Proikas, Kostas ^b   Sandris, Vasilis ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Otitis externa diagnosis; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

MALIGNANT EXTERNAL OTITIS (MEO);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GALLIUM 67; INSULIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MYRINGOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKULL BASE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037262223     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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