Necrotizing otitis externa (NOE), also called malignant otitis externa, corresponds to osteomyelitis of the skull base [1]. NOE occurs primarily in diabetic elderly patients with a male preponderance [2]. Typically due to pseudomonas aeruginosa, NOE begins as a soft tissue infection of the external auditory canal (EAC) and spreads via the fissures of Santorini and the tympanomastoid suture to i...

BACKGROUND Apocrine hydrocystomas arising in the external auditory canal are very rare. In this report a clinical case of apocrine hydrocystoma located in the cartilaginous part of the external auditory canal is presented. CASE PRESENTATION A 64-year-old Caucasian female patient presented with a solitary nodule, located in the outer part of the external ear canal after repeated episodes of ex...

Cerebral venous thrombosis as a manifestation of paraneoplastic angitis and otitis media, revealing non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma (NHBL), is extremely rare. A 57-year-old woman presented with headache, auditory disturbance and recalcitrant otitis media. Magnetic resonance imaging showed brain edema in the temporal lobe and transverse sinus thrombosis. External drainage under antibiotic treatment ...

Malignant external otitis secondary to aspergillus infection is rare, and only 10 cases have been reported in the literature. Nine of 10 patients responded to therapy and survived their infection. There have been no previous reports of dissemination of Aspergillus species from the ear to other organs. We describe a case of malignant external otitis due to Aspergillus flavus that disseminated he...

Acute otitis externa (AOE) is an infection of the external auditory canal, the auricle, and the outer surface of the tympanic membrane. Although AOE is one of the most common otologic conditions encountered in pediatric population, it is known to primarily affect children older than 2 years. We report a case of AOE caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a 23-day-old neonate. A 23-day-old female inf...