[Malignant external otitis. A pattern to bear always in mind].
Malignant external otitis (M.E.O.) is a severe and rare affection, consisting in an infection of the external auditory canal (EAC) whit extension and compromising the structures of the skull base, produced mainly by Ps. Aeruginosa in patients affected by diabetes type II of long evolution and or deterioration of the immunity system. We present a case of a patient affected by this pathology, commenting the caracteristics of this disease, how we arrived to the diagnosis, and the evolution of the case with an exclusively medical treatment.
Arias Marzán
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F
Servicio ORL, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Betancor Martínez
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L
de Lucas Carmona
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G
Arias Marzán
J
J
Sanginés Yzzo
M
M
Zurita Expósito
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V
de Bonis Redondo
M
M
Reig Ripoll
F
F
Redondo Ventura
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F
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy