Necrotising otitis externa in the immunocompetent patient: case series
| Autor: | S Unadkat, T Kanzara, G Watters |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Biopsy Context (language use) Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences Immunocompromised Host 0302 clinical medicine Pharmacotherapy otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Pseudomonas Infections 030223 otorhinolaryngology Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Disease progression Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Otitis Externa Dermatology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anti-Bacterial Agents Patient population Otitis Otorhinolaryngology Cohort Pseudomonas aeruginosa Etiology Female medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of laryngology and otology. 132(1) |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | Background:Necrotising otitis externa can be a devastating form of otitis externa. It typically tends to affect patients who are immunocompromised or diabetic. To date, there is very little in the literature about necrotising otitis externa in the immunocompetent patient population.Case reports:The present paper discusses both the clinical and radiological findings in three cases of necrotising otitis externa in an immunocompetent patient cohort. The common factor among all three patients was their advanced age.Conclusion:Diagnosing necrotising otitis externa can be challenging because of the potentially non-specific symptoms and the absence of early radiological signs, particularly if patients are neither immunocompromised nor diabetic. Elderly patients should be considered in the same light as immunocompromised and diabetic patients in the context of necrotising otitis externa. |
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