title: Osteomyelitis of the temporal bone and skull base in diabetes resulting from otitis media.
abstract: The report of a diabetic patient with pseudomonal osteomyelitis of the temporal bone and skull base not associated with an external otitis is presented. The infection started as a serous otitis media. The pathogenesis, clinical and radiologic features, and treatment of this rare condition are described and the literature is reviewed.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Vernick