title: Treatment of acute suppurative perichondritis of the external ear by low dose X-ray irradiation.
abstract: Four patients with acute suppurative perichondritis were successfully treated with low dose X-ray irradiation. The infection had previously not responded to conservative management including incisional drainage and cartilage debridement.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology / Q000532:radiotherapy