Atypical Skull Base Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Patient
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Bilateral skull base osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient.
A 75-year-old immunocompetent man presented to our office with right otalgia. After a comprehensive workup, he was found to have right temporal bone osteomyelitis and was treated with intravenous antibiotics. He then began to experience left-sided otalgia and was diagnosed with and treated for left temporal bone osteomyelitis. Subsequently, he began to exhibit myelopathic symptoms, and imaging ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811415823a386