Fig. 11

Patient No: 3, five months following mastoidectomy and antibiotic treatment: amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, gentamycin, clarithromycin and dalacin. Non-enhanced CT image (bone window) axial scan cross section of temporal and occipital bones. Osteolysis of the compact bone in the left lateral skull base represents a late sign of osteomyelitis (arrow). Minor changes of spongy bone and major changes of compact bone highlight spread of infection under the periosteum, but represents a late sign of the infection