title: Multiple cranial nerve palsy after otitis externa: a case report.
abstract: We report in this paper a case of a patient who developed extensive cranial nerve paresis on the left and right side after otitis externa. Investigation revealed an osteomyelitis of the skull base. We describe this disease and stress the importance of the gallium scan in the diagnostic process and therapeutic follow up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Boringa
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bertelsmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012886:Skull / Q000503:physiopathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon