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Otogenic abscesses — our experience

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Otogenic abscesses are the result of acute or chronic suppurative inflammation of the middle ear cleft caused by pus forming organisms, which lead to extracranial or intracranial abscesses. When it leads to intracranial abscesses, it may be life- threatening. Otogenic abscesses are commoner in India than in the Western countries due to many factors which have been discussed in this paper.

Here we publish a study of fifty cases of otogenic abscesses with reference to our experience of their presentation and management.

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  1. Department of E.N.T., Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L. Nair Ch. Hospital, 400008, Bombay

    D. S. Grewal, Bachi Mistry & Ninad Gaikwad

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Grewal, D.S., Mistry, B. & Gaikwad, N. Otogenic abscesses — our experience. IJO & HNS 47, 106–112 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047937

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