Recurrent Meningitis due to a Congenital Fistula in the Stapedial Footplate

1 October 1983

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Vol. 109 (10) , 697-700
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1983.00800240063012

Abstract

• A patient with recurrent meningitis had spontaneous CSF leakage from the fistula of the stapedial footplate. The patient was a 7-year-old boy with profuse CSF otorrhea, proved by myringotomy. A roentgenographic examinatioin and computed tomography scan of the temporal bone demonstrated an abnormal bony labyrinth. During the operation, a leak was found at the fistula of the stapedial footplate. Surgical obliteration of the fistula with temporal muscle and fascia has prevented the recurrence of meningitis. (Arch Otolaryngol1983;109:697-700)

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SPONTANEOUS CEREBROSPINAL OTORRHEA
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1933