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Otogenic skull base osteomyelitis caused by invasive fungal infection

Case report and literature review

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Otogenic skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) of fungal etiology is a very rare but life-threatening complication of inflammatory processes of the ear. The authors present a case of otogenic SBO caused by Aspergillus flavus in a 65-year-old man with a fatal course. Because of the encountered difficulties with the proper diagnosis and treatment, the authors reviewed the literature on the subject.

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    Dominik Stodulski, Bożena Kowalska & Czesław Stankiewicz

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Stodulski, D., Kowalska, B. & Stankiewicz, C. Otogenic skull base osteomyelitis caused by invasive fungal infection. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 263, 1070–1076 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-006-0118-7

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