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Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 143-146 , December 2009

Facial paralysis due to invasive Aspergillus of the temporal bone in an immunocompetent child

Abdullah Ayçiçek
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
- Corresponding author at: Karaman Mahallesi, Nergis Sokak, Selale Apt. No: 16, 5/9, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Tel.: +90 272 2463321; fax: +90 272 2133066.
Fethullah Kenar
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Tuna Demirdal
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Gülşah Aşık
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Alpay Haktanır
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Ramazan Sargın
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
F.Sefa Dereköy
- Afyon Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 7 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 October 2008.

(a) Right facial paralysis, before the treatment, (b) Right facial paralysis, after the treatment.

(a) Right facial paralysis, before the treatment, (b) Right facial paralysis, after the treatment.
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(a) Destruction of the fallopian canal (thin arrow) and destruction of the lateral semicircular canal (thick arrow) (Axial CT scan), (b) Destruction of tegmen tympani (thin arrow) and tegmen mastoidea

(a) Destruction of the fallopian canal (thin arrow) and destruction of the lateral semicircular canal (thick arrow) (Axial CT scan), (b) Destruction of tegmen tympani (thin arrow) and tegmen mastoidea (thick arrow) (Coronal CT scan).
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