The incidences of extracranial and intracranial complications have decreased significantly in the past 10 years. The most frequent cause for otogenic extracranial complications are cholesteatomas. In this article we present a case of 73 years old patient with rare extracranial complication due to chronic otitis media. The inflamation spreads through anterior air cells to the zygomatic cells leading to a fistula formation in the zygomatic bone and engaging the temporal muscle.
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Случаите на екстра- и интракраниални компликации намаляват през последните 10 години. Най-честата причина за тези усложнения е холестеатомът. В статията се представя случай на 73-годишен пациент с рядко екстракраниално усложнение вследствие на хроничен отит. Възпалителният процес се разпросранява през предните клетки към зигоматичните клетки и кост, като образува фистула и ангажира темпоралния мускул.
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