ASPERGILLAR NECROTIZING EXTERNAL OTITIS WITH PRE-PONTIC EMPYEMA: CASE REPORT
Sara Britel*, Saloua Ouraini, Bouchaib Errami, Noureddine Errami, Mohammed Zalagh and Fouad Benariba
ABSTRACT
Malignant external otitis is a infection of external auditory canal that spreads to bone : temporal and skull base. It is caused commonly by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa but fungal origin should be evoqued in immunocompromised patients with no improvement under anti-pseudomonas antibiotics with large invasive otitis. Fungal otitis externa management still controversial. We report the case of a 60 years old patient with malignant otitis external, which fungal origin was very challenging to diagnose and manage, especially due to involvement of neurological complications.
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