title: Necrotizing otitis externa.
abstract: Three cases of Necrotizing Otitis Externa are described and a suggestion made of a possible relation between the severity and progress of the disease and the degree of pneumatization of the mastoid.
mesh_terms: D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*