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Atypical Manifestation of Skull Base Osteomyelitis Secondary to Malignant Otitis Externa Following Radiotherapy: A Case Report.

Mohamed Bouallou, Zakaria Essamhi, Achraf Sbai, Drissia Benfadil, Azzedine Lachkar, Fahd El Ayoubi El Idrissi

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mohamed BouallouDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Zakaria EssamhiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Achraf SbaiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Drissia BenfadilDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Azzedine LachkarDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.
Fahd El Ayoubi El IdrissiDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre Mohammed VI, Oujda, MAR.

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Abstract

Skull base osteomyelitis represents a rare but potentially fatal complication of malignant otitis externa (MOE), predominantly affecting elderly patients with diabetes or immunosuppression, and may also occur in individuals with a history of head and neck radiotherapy. We report the case of a 79-year-old female with poorly controlled diabetes and a remote history of undifferentiated carcinoma of the nasopharynx (UCNT) treated with radiotherapy 17 years prior, who neglected chronic, fluctuating otalgia. She presented with massive left-sided otorrhagia complicated by hemorrhagic shock and a left peripheral facial palsy graded House-Brackmann IV. High-resolution imaging demonstrated extensive destruction of the temporal bone and skull base, and microbiological cultures identified

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ciprofloxacinmalignant otitis externaotorrhagiapseudomonas aeruginosaradiotherapy (rt)skull base osteomyelitis

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PMCPMC12539903

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