Synchronous Occurrence of Bilateral Malignant Otitis Externa: Report of a Rare Case

Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease of the ear and temporal bone. Bilateral simultaneous MOE is extremely rare. Due to bilaterally symmetrical facial nerve palsy, it can easily be missed at the initial presentation, causing delay in management. Here, we...

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Autores principales: Lamry, Nur Adillah, Misron, Khairunnisak, Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam, Aziz, Azliana, Salim, Rosdan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8648487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32456405
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.20.0071
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author Lamry, Nur Adillah
Misron, Khairunnisak
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description Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease of the ear and temporal bone. Bilateral simultaneous MOE is extremely rare. Due to bilaterally symmetrical facial nerve palsy, it can easily be missed at the initial presentation, causing delay in management. Here, we report a case of bilateral MOE managed aggressively with regular ear toileting, ear packing with a ribbon gauze soaked with topical antimicrobials, and long-term intravenous and oral antibiotics. The patient showed good improvement in pain control, facial nerve status, and ear findings.
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spelling pubmed-86484872021-12-15 Synchronous Occurrence of Bilateral Malignant Otitis Externa: Report of a Rare Case Lamry, Nur Adillah Misron, Khairunnisak Tengku Kamalden, Tengku Mohamed Izam Aziz, Azliana Salim, Rosdan Korean J Fam Med Case Report Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a rare and potentially life-threatening disease of the ear and temporal bone. Bilateral simultaneous MOE is extremely rare. Due to bilaterally symmetrical facial nerve palsy, it can easily be missed at the initial presentation, causing delay in management. Here, we report a case of bilateral MOE managed aggressively with regular ear toileting, ear packing with a ribbon gauze soaked with topical antimicrobials, and long-term intravenous and oral antibiotics. The patient showed good improvement in pain control, facial nerve status, and ear findings. Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2021-11 2020-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8648487/ /pubmed/32456405 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.20.0071 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Synchronous Occurrence of Bilateral Malignant Otitis Externa: Report of a Rare Case
title_sort synchronous occurrence of bilateral malignant otitis externa: report of a rare case
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