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Necrotizing fasciitis: a rare occurrence in the external auditory meatus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

N. Umapathy  and
A. P. Su
N. Umapathy
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Basildon Hospital, Basildon, UK.
A. P. Su
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Basildon Hospital, Basildon, UK.
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Abstract

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The diagnosis and management of a patient with a sloughing otitis externa thought to be necrotizing fasciitis is described. The clinical characteristics of this condition, diagnostic difficulties faced and a brief literature review are presented.

Keywords

FasciitisNecrotisingEarExternal
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 69 - 70
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© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003