Necrotizing External Otitis : Study in a Regional Bone and Joint Infection Reference Center

Necrotizing External Otitis : Study in a Regional Bone and Joint Infection

The malignant external otitis is a rare disease which arises more frequently at the elderly and the diabetics patients. To our knowledge, there are few data and it is not wellc known byclinicians. Nevertheless it exposes to neurological complications potentially serious and crippling.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients having had necrotizing external otitis and managed at the Lyon Bone and joint infection refence Center

Exclusion Criteria:

• none