A RARE CASE OF ACUTE PURULENT DESTRUCTIVE ZYGOMATIC ABSCESS

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Issue: 
5
Year: 
2017

Sh. Aliev (1); V. Shpotin (1, 2), MD; V. Saidulaev (2); U. Edilsultanov (1) 1-Astrakhan State Medical University 2-Astrakhan Branch, Research Clinical Center of Otorhinolaryngology, Federal Biomedical Agency of Russia

Zygomatic abscess is a very rare complication of acute suppurative otitis media. In the present case, this complication was concurrent with the development of osteomyelitis of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
Keywords: 
zygomatic abscess
atypical mastoiditis
subperiosteal abscess
computed tomography

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