Recurrent Meningitis in Congenital Inner Ear Malformation
| Autor: | Krystyna Masna, Paweł K. Burduk, Aleksander Zwierz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Hearing Loss Sensorineural Deafness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Recurrence 030225 pediatrics Recurrent meningitis Temporal bone otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine Meningitis Inner ear 030223 otorhinolaryngology Cerebrospinal fluid leak business.industry Cochlear malformation medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Ear Inner Sensorineural hearing loss Subarachnoid space business |
| Zdroj: | Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. 100:38S-41S |
| ISSN: | 1942-7522 0145-5613 |
| Popis: | Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea is very rare. Because of nonspecific symptoms, it is usually diagnosed when complications such as meningitis occur. Cerebrospinal fluid leak may be caused by cochlea malformation, which permits nonphysiological communication between subarachnoid space and tympanomastoid cavity. Nearly 20% of congenital sensorineural hearing loss is connected with inner ear bone malformation. We present a case of 40-year-old man suffering since early childhood from recurrent meningitis and right ear deafness, caused by congenital internal ear malformation. For many years, patient with sensorineural hearing loss had not undergone diagnostic radiology; computed tomography scans of the temporal bone had not been performed. Developing meningitis in early childhood was regarded as the reason for deafness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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