Malignant external otitis manifests as a painful inflammation of the external ear canal, associated with purulent otorrhea and granulation a polyp, MEO is a rare infection of the temporal bone primarily affecting elderly patients and diabetics or immunocompromised individuals. We present a rare case of Fungal malignant otitis externa with facial nerve palsy where formal tissue sampling revealed...

Acquired external auditory canal atresia is a rare complication of chronic inflammatory otitis, and is generally fibrous or soft tissue in nature. Here, we present the first reported case of heterotopic ossification within chronic fibrosing otitis externa in a 25-year-old male patient with a childhood history of granular myringitis and failed tympanoplasty. A calcified mass was demonstrated adj...

Malignant external otitis is a well-characterized entity, known for its insidious and morbid course in immunocompromized patients. Malignant external otitis occurs most commonly in elderly diabetics and is almost uniformly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. If not recognized early in the immunocompromized patient, it can lead to extensive skull base osteomyelitis (SBO), with multiple cranial ner...

Infections are usually detected in diabetes mellitus. They may be divided into: common infections such as fungal infections, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, bacteraemia, urinary tract infections, and diabetic foot infections and specific infections. The latter occur almost exclusively in diabetes and include rhinocerebral mucormycosis, malignant external otitis, emphysematous pyelonephritis,...

The term otitis externa does not refer to a specific disease process but literally to an inflammation of the external ear canal. The prevalence in the dog has been reported to be between 10 and 20 percent, although in more tropical climates the prevalence is 50% or more. The incidence in the cat is less and reported to be approximately 2 to 10 percent. Otitis externa has multiple causes includi...

INTRODUCTION Malassezia species are commensals of normal skin microbial flora of humans and animals. These may become pathogenic under certain conditions such as those associated with atopic dermatitis or otitis externa in dogs. MATERIAL AND METHODS Isolates of Malassezia pachydermatis were obtained from 27 dogs with healthy external ears and 32 dogs with otitis externa. Isolates were charact...

Identifying and treating otitis media in pets is a challenging situation for the veterinarian, a frustrating event in the pet owner’s life, and a painful condition for the patient. When a veterinarian does not properly diagnose and treat otitis media, pet owners often seek second, third, and fourth opinions from neighbouring veterinary practices. The diagnosis of otitis media in dogs can be qui...

Tuberculosis is a rare cause of chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoiditis; the predisposing factors of this association, however, are not commonly described. There has been an alarming increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in Brazil, including tuberculous otitis media. These patients typically present multiple perforations of the tympanic membrane, an ear discharge, and progressive h...