Complications of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: A Left Otogenic Brain Abscess and a right Mastoid Fistula

Otogenic brain abscess and postauricular fistula are complications of chronic suppurative otitis media. We describe a rare case of bilateral chronic suppurative otitis media that caused a left temporal lobe abscess and a right mastoid fistula.

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