Skull Base Osteomyelitis Presenting with Facial Paralysis, Low Cranial Nerve Palsies and Bilateral Carotid Involvement: A Case Report
TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.27-30, 2015 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tnd.05945
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.27-30
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Skull base osteomyelitis, external otitis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, internal carotid artery, MALIGNANT EXTERNAL OTITIS, HIGH ACCUMULATION, DIAGNOSIS, BONE, FLUORINE-18-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE, MENINGITIS, SECONDARY, MEDIA, PET
- İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) typically presents with severe otalgia and unilateral otorrhea in immune-compromised, particularly in elderly diabetic patients. Skull base osteomyelitis usually presents with external otitis but it can also occur as a complication of acute otitis media and mastoiditis. Complications of SBO are venous sinus thrombosis, meningitis, abscess, cranial neuropathies and carotid invasion with or without ischemic stroke. Here we report a case with SBO presenting with facial paralysis, lower cranial nerve palsies and bilateral carotid involvement which occurred following sore throat and bilateral otalgia.