Central or atypical skull base osteomyelitis: Diagnosis and treatment

Skull Base

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Clark, Matthew P A ^a,b   Pretorius, Pieter M ^a,b   Byren, Ivor ^a   Milford, Chris A ^a,b  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial neuropathies; Osteomyelitis; Otitis externa; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INSULIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL SKULL BASE OSTEOMYELITIS; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SKULL BASE OSTEOMYELITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; EAR INFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; ENTAMOEBA; EXTERNAL EAR INFECTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HEADACHE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MASTOID; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE EAR; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PANENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SKULL BASE; SKULL DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 67650466259     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1115325     Document Type: Article

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