Petrositis With Bilateral Abducens Nerve Palsies complicated by Acute Otitis Media
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Petrositis With Bilateral Abducens Nerve Palsies complicated by Acute Otitis Media
Petrous apicitis is a rare but fatal complication of otitis media. An infection within the middle ear can extend within the temporal bone into the air cells of the petrous apex. With only the thin dura mater separating the trigeminal ganglion and the 6th cranial nerve from the bony petrous apex, they are vulnerable to inflammatory processes, resulting in deep facial pain, lateral rectus muscle ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1976-8710,2005-0720
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2014.7.1.59