Otogenic cerebral abscess: An unusual complication of otitis media

November 22, 2011 by Alice E. Chang, MD and Teresa Min-Jung O, MD
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Abstract

Intracranial complications of otitis media are rare in the age of antiobiotics and in the developed world, but they can be life threatening when they occur. We present a case of a 47-year-old woman with no contributory otologic history who developed an otogenic temporal lobe abscess.

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