Evaluation of the clinical and radiological features of patients with Malignant otitis externa (MOE) | BMC Infectious Diseases
MOE is a potential external ear canal infection mostly found in diabetic or immunocompromised patients that invade the cartilage and bones and cause cranial nerve involvement, skull base osteomyelitis, and other life-threatening complications [6, 7, 9]. Of all 40 cases, most were elderly, but some were younger than 40. Consistent with another study [14], MOE … Read more