Abstract
Osteomyelitis of the mastoid temporal bone is now rare. Before the advent of chemotherapeutic agents and antibiotics it was a common sequel of middle ear infection.
A case of osteomyelitis of the mastoid temporal bone, probably of otogenic origin from residual middle ear infection, with an intact tympanic membrane and radiologogical evidence, is presented.
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Pal, A., Palit, T., Basumullick, A. et al. Osteomyelitis-mastoid temporal bone. Indian J Otolaryngol 29, 21–22 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047870
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