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Symptomatic stroke complicating central skull base osteomyelitis following otitis media in a 2-Year Old Boy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
This report describes the first case of symptomatic ischaemic stroke secondary to SBO in an immunocompetent child. We review the literature of the management and the potential cerebrovascular complications of central SBO in children secondary to otolaryngological infection.
Source: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology - August 4, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Eliz Kilich, Reena Dwivedi, Shelley Segal, Sandeep Jayawant, Manish Sadarangani Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Skull base osteomyelitis missed in mastoidectomy for cholesteatoma.
Conclusions A high suspicion of skull base involvement should be warranted, even if radiological findings are not atypical, in cases of chronic otitis media (COM) with cholesteatoma. Objective To investigate some clues indicating the development of skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) in patients who received mastoidectomy, through reviewing pre-operative temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT). Method Retrospective review of patients with SBO after mastoidectomy for COM. A total of five patients with SBO after mastoidectomy with available pre-operative TBCTs were enrolled in this study. Results All patients were diagnosed as C...
Source: Acta Oto-Laryngologica - January 15, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Lee HS, Yang CJ, Lee JH, Ahn JH Tags: Acta Otolaryngol Source Type: research