Volume 23, Issue 104 (9-2013)                   J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2013, 23(104): 131-134 | Back to browse issues page

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Report Study of a Diabetic Patient with Invasion of Aspergillosis to Tympanic Membrane
Rostam Poormosa , Seyyed Abdollah Madani , Seyyed Jafar Motahari , Mehdi Nikkhah , Maedeh Sheyoi , Milad Bahari , Laleh Vahedi
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Infection by opportunistic organisms is always critical point of diseases that cause immune deficiency in patients. Necrosis is death of a tissue due to obstruction of its vessels. Atherosclerosis and vascular invasion due to invasive fungus are two causes of necrosis in diabetic patients. This article described a diabetic patient with complain of suddenly pain and unilateral hearing loss that was coming to (ear, nose and throat) ENT center. At the end invasion of aspergillosis to tympanic membrane was confirmed although external otic canal was intact.
Keywords: tympanic membrane, diabetes, fungus, aspergillosis
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