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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Unusual Presentation of a Rare Disease: A Case Report of Fungal Necrotizing Otitis Media and Mastoiditis.

Ermia Mousavi Mohammadi, Mohsen Rajati, Hossein Zarrinfar

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Medical mycology case reports · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ermia Mousavi MohammadiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Sinus and Surgical Endoscopic Research Center, School of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-2587
Mohsen RajatiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Sinus and Surgical Endoscopic Research Center, School of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0168-6062
Hossein ZarrinfarAllergy Research Center Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1449-4668

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute necrotizing otitis media is a severe middle ear infection which causes necrosis of the tympanic cavity. A 54-year-old female was presented who suffered from diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease presenting with severe otalgia, initially thought to be necrotizing otitis externa. She rapidly progressed to total necrosis of the tympanic membrane. Further assessments confirmed a fungal disease caused by

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AspergillusCandidafungalnecrotizingotitis media

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PMID39839950
PMCPMC11746938

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