[Benign necrotizing osteitis of the external ear canal. A report of a clinical case].
Benign necrotizing osteitis of the external ear canal is a process of unknown origin. This necrotic process with sequestration of the tympanic bone occurs in healthy, non-diabetic patients. It should be differentiated from malignant otitis externa and radionecrosis of the tympanic bone. A case is reported and the literature on this rare clinical entity is discussed.
Pérez Plasencia
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Servicio de ORLy Patología Cérvico-Facial, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37007, España.
Santa Cruz Ruiz
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Blanco Pérez
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Benito González
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Pérez Liedo
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Gómez Benito
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Del Cañizo Alvarez
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D000368:Aged; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010000:Osteitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology