Radiological and radionuclide investigation of malignant otitis externa

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-75

  Okpala, N C E ^a,c   Siraj, Q H ^b   Nilssen, E ^a   Pringle, M ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^c ENT Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Otitis Externa; Radionuclide Imaging; Tomography; X Ray Computed

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; MEDRONIC ACID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MALIGNANT OTITIS EXTERNA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTALGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13944254728     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215053222978     Document Type: Article

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