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A REVIEW OF CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS WITH SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND REPORT OF A CASE

SOL A. GOLDBERG, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1940;32(1):16-31.

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In view of the prevalence of infection in the ear, nose and throat, it is to be expected that this should be encountered from time to time in patients suffering with diabetes mellitus. In a recent review of the literature, it was surprising to note that whereas the importance of infection in these patients has been stressed repeatedly when occurring elsewhere, scant reference is made to infection in the ear, nose and throat, with the exception of mastoiditis complicating diabetes mellitus. Gangrene in that region is even more of a rarity. Such, perhaps, was the conclusion of Dibold and Huber¹ when they questioned the infrequency of infection in this area and as a result of their study of 194 cases observed that diabetic patients die more frequently of infection than of diabetes mellitus or any other cause.

The present study has been actuated primarily by the desire to contribute to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Presented in part before the Philadelphia Laryngological Society, April 4, 1939.

Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science (M.Sc. [Med.]) for graduate work in otolaryngology.

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