Chronic otitis media and facial paralysis as a presenting feature of Wegener's granulomatosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Shiva Prasad, B N ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic otitis media; Facial nerve palsy; Hearing loss; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE DISEASE; OTALGIA; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NASAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPENIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISOLONE; RENAL DIALYSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 65949102557     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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