Multiple cranial nerve palsy after otitis externa: a case report

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1995 Nov;97(4):332-5. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00056-p.

Abstract

We report in this paper a case of a patient who developed extensive cranial nerve paresis on the left and right side after otitis externa. Investigation revealed an osteomyelitis of the skull base. We describe this disease and stress the importance of the gallium scan in the diagnostic process and therapeutic follow up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cranial Nerves / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis
  • Osteomyelitis / physiopathology
  • Otitis Externa / complications*
  • Otitis Externa / microbiology
  • Paralysis / etiology*
  • Paralysis / physiopathology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Skull / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon