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Tubercular osteomyelitis of the mastoid temporal bone

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Infective osteomyelitis of mastoid temporal bone was a frequent complication of middle ear disease before the advent of antibiotics and chemotherapy, but now it is quite rare (Kelemen, 1957, Misra & Prakash, 1968). Tubercular osteomyelitis is rarer still (Shambaugh, 1959). A case of tubercular osteomyelitis of the mastoid temporal bone is reported.

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  1. Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, G.S.V.M. Medical College, 208 002, Kanpur

    O. P. Mital, R. P. Singh, S. K. Katiyar, N. Nath & S. C. Gupta

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Mital, O.P., Singh, R.P., Katiyar, S.K. et al. Tubercular osteomyelitis of the mastoid temporal bone. Indian J Otolaryngol 29, 20 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047869

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