Intracranial condylar displacement: An unusual non-traumatic case of skull base osteomyelitis and temporal lobe abscess

Intracranial condylar displacement: An unusual non-traumatic case of skull base osteomyelitis and temporal lobe abscess

We describe a 58-year-old man with a unique complication of chronic mandibular osteomyelitis. He presented with a unilateral facial nerve palsy and a non-traumatic dislocation of the mandibular condyle into the middle cranial fossa combined with a temporal lobe abscess. An odontogenic infection had...

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Main Authors: Marvin D'Hondt, MD, Renaat Coopman, DDS, MD, Matthias Ureel, MD, DDS, Frederic Acke, MD, Phd, Giorgio Hallaert, MD, Phd, Hubert Vermeersch, MD, Phd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases
Subjects:
Brain abscess
Dislocation condyle
Middle cranial fossa
Skull base osteomyelitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214541922000189

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