title: Diabetes mellitus and malignant external otitis: a case study.
abstract: Malignant external otitis (MEO) is an infection of the external auditory meatus, that affects elderly diabetic patients. As this disease results in a high percentage of deaths, especially if the diagnosis is delayed, we thought that it would be useful to cite a recent case study that was resolved in a positive way, in spite of the extent of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Diabetologia e Malattie del Ricambio, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manfrini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gregorio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capoolicasa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012074:Remission Induction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed