TY - JOUR
T1 - Two cases of atypical malignant (necrotizing) external otitis
AU - Makihara, Seiichiro
AU - Kariya, Shin
AU - Naito, Tomoyuki
AU - Matsumoto, Junya
AU - Ishihara, Hisashi
AU - Okano, Mitsuhiro
AU - Nishizaki, Kazunori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Malignant external otitis, also known as necrotizing external otitis, is an aggrebive infection of the exter-nal auditory canal and skull base. We report two cases of atypical malignant external otitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was grown in one case, and aspergillus fumigatus in the other case. Both patients presented with otalgia and were hospitalized longer than 30 days for a course of antibiotics treatment. The case of aspergillus infection with facial paralysis and received surgical intervention. The other case of pseudomonas aeruginosa had a history of nasopharyngeal lymphoma and radiation treatments, and died because of relapsed lymphoma 21 months after treatment v.
AB - Malignant external otitis, also known as necrotizing external otitis, is an aggrebive infection of the exter-nal auditory canal and skull base. We report two cases of atypical malignant external otitis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was grown in one case, and aspergillus fumigatus in the other case. Both patients presented with otalgia and were hospitalized longer than 30 days for a course of antibiotics treatment. The case of aspergillus infection with facial paralysis and received surgical intervention. The other case of pseudomonas aeruginosa had a history of nasopharyngeal lymphoma and radiation treatments, and died because of relapsed lymphoma 21 months after treatment v.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070212857
VL - 91
SP - 594
EP - 599
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Tokyo)
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Tokyo)
SN - 0914-3491
IS - 7
ER -