Atypical skull-base osteomyelitis: comprehensive review and multidisciplinary management viewpoints

J Urbančič, D Vozel, S Battelino, R Bošnjak… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Atypical skull-base osteomyelitis is a rare but fatal disease that usually involves infection of
the ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital, or temporal bones that form the skull base. Unlike typical …

Imaging of acute and chronic skull base infection

S Vaidyanathan, RK Lingam - Neuroimaging Clinics, 2021 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Skull base infections are uncommon but can have a devastating impact on patient survival
without timely recognition and treatment. 1 The skull base is a unique structure between the …

When inflammation is not just inflammation—A review of systemic diseases of the nose and sinuses part 2: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis and eosinophilic …

SJ Cler, MA Ogden, NF Farrell, LT Roland… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Chronic rhinosinusitis is a very common condition. Granulomatosis with
polyangiitis (GPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (eGPA) are systemic …

Clival osteomyelitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Campylobacter rectus induced by tooth extraction

K Oka, Y Nakano, Y Sazumi, T Michitani… - Internal …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A 70-year-old woman who had suffered from aseptic meningitis complained of chronic
headache after dental treatment including tooth extraction. She developed a fever and …

Radiologic differentiation between granulomatosis with polyangiitis and its mimics involving the skull base in humans using high-resolution magnetic resonance …

B Lee, YJ Bae, BS Choi, BY Choi, SJ Cho, H Kim… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) can involve the skull base or the Eustachian tubes.
GPA is diagnosed on the basis of clinical manifestations and serological tests, although it is …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy, head and neck, nasopharynx

NL Mankowski, B Bordoni - 2020 - europepmc.org
The nasopharynx represents the most superior portion of the pharynx, bounded superiorly
by the skull base and inferiorly by the soft palate. The nasopharynx connects the nasal cavity …

Rare case of a 3-year-old with Candida skull base osteomyelitis: lessons to be learnt

J Bastianpillai, S Chaudhry… - BMJ Case Reports …, 2019 - casereports.bmj.com
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is a serious and rare condition most commonly seen in
elderly diabetic or immunocompromised patients as a complication of otitis externa. We …

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis complicated with refractory optic neuritis and maxillary osteomyelitis

K Suga, Y Nomoto, A Sudo, J Isogai… - Modern …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We report a case of a 61-year-old man with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
complicated with refractory optic neuritis and maxillary osteomyelitis. He had been treated …

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis causing skull base inflammation and aortitis

BV Maramattom, J Thomas, S Nair - Annals of Indian Academy of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
A 70-year-old female was admitted with sudden-onset bilateral hearing loss followed 2
weeks later by severe pain in both angles of the jaw, paresthesia of tongue, ageusia …