Necrotizing otitis externa: A painless reminder

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 907-910

  Thio, Daniel ^a,b   Reece, Phillip ^a   Herdman, Rory ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 8 Manor Farm Barn ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Necrotizing otitis externa; Painless; Skull base osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; FRAMYCETIN; GRAMICIDIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 45849085370     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0696-7     Document Type: Article

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