Acute suppurative otitis media: An unusual cause of orbital apex syndrome

Orbit

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 462-465

  Sethi, Ashwani ^a   Sareen, Deepika ^a   Mrig, Sumit ^a   Agarwal, A K ^a   Khera, Pushpinder S ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Ophthalmoplegia; Orbital apex syndrome; Temporal bone osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CELLULITIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISORIENTATION; EARDRUM DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBIT APEX SYNDROME; ORBIT DISEASE; OTALGIA; PAPILLEDEMA; PTOSIS; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; SWELLING; TIME OF DEATH; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BLINDNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PAPILLEDEMA; SYNDROME;

EID: 57649112559     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: 17445108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830802352519     Document Type: Article

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