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

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 (so-called otogenic), atypical skull-base osteomyelitis has no otogenic cause. Instead, some authors call atyp...

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Published in:Tropical medicine and infectious disease 2023-04, Vol.8 (5), p.1-19
Main Authors: Urbančič, Jure, Vozel, Domen, Battelino, Saba, Bošnjak, Roman, Kokošar Ulčar, Barbara, Matos, Tadeja, Munda, Matic, Papst, Lea, Steiner, Nejc, Vouk, Matej, Zidar, Nina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscesses
Aspergillosis
Bones
clivus
Communicable diseases
Cysts
Development and progression
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Disease
Diseases
Endoscopy
Epidemiology
Epidural
Fungal infections
Health aspects
Infections
Inflammation
Injuries
Literature reviews
mucormycosis
osteitis
Osteomyelitis
Otolaryngologists
Patients
Review
Risk factors
Sinuses
Sphenoid bone
sphenoid sinusitis
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Summary: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 (so-called otogenic), atypical skull-base osteomyelitis has no otogenic cause. Instead, some authors call atypical skull-base osteomyelitis sinonasal, since the infection most often originates from the nose and paranasal sinuses. Diagnosing and treating this disease is challenging. To assist in managing atypical skull-base osteomyelitis, a review of the most recent literature, with patient cases and multidisciplinary perspectives from otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, infectious disease specialists, pathologists, and clinical microbiologists, is provided in this paper.
ISSN:2414-6366
2414-6366
DOI:10.3390/tropicalmed8050254