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Otitis Externa, Otitis Media, and Sinusitis

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Otitis externa, an inflammatory condition involving the superficial layer of the external auditory canal, may be acute or chronic. Acute otitis externa in the elderly is generally a benign disorder, which may be localized or generalized. Chronic otitis externa is caused by the irritation due to the drainage from the middle ear in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media. An uncommon form of external otitis called “malignant otitis externa” is an invasive, necrotizing infection that spreads from the squamous epithelium of the ear canal to the periauricular soft tissue, blood vessels, cartilage, and bone (1–3).

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  1. Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and Martin Luther King, Jr.-Charles R. Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Thomas T. Yoshikawa MD

  2. Greater West Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Dean C. Norman MD

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Dhawan, V.K. (2001). Otitis Externa, Otitis Media, and Sinusitis. In: Yoshikawa, T.T., Norman, D.C. (eds) Infectious Disease in the Aging. Infectious Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-026-1_15

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