[Necrotizing otitis externa: report of 36 cases].

Background: Necrotizing otitis externa is a potentially lethal form of otitis externa which occurs mainly in elderly diabetic.

Aim: To study the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of necrotizing otitis externa and to describe the outcomes of this disease.

Methods: We report in this retrospective study, a series of 36 patients treated in our department for necrotizing otitis externa over a period of 9 years.

[Cervical-facial skin tuberculosis. Three case reports].

The cervical-face skin tuberculosis is fairly uncommon pathology, it is caused by the Tuberculosis mycobacterium (or Bacille de Koch). With human or bovine origin this pathology is actually increased as like as AIDS in countries where it was eradicated. Skin lesion may be primitive or secondary to another pre-existing tuberculosis lesions, it may be have many clinical appearance with the same characteristics, as knew as, long evolution and anesthetics sequels.