All issues > Volume 32(3); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(3):412-417. Published online March 31, 1989.

A Case of Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis due to Congenital Cribriform Plate Defect.

Hong Chul Lee¹, Jong Leam Choi¹, Wan Soeb Kim¹, Myung Ho Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Presbyterian Medical Center, Chon Ju, Korea.

Received: June 28, 1988;  Accepted: September 5, 1988.

Abstract

One patient with a history of recurrent bacterial meningitis was examined with skull and sinus radiographs, routine cranial computed tomography and immunologic evaluation. None of these studies were diagnostic. Thin-section (1-2 mm) direct coronal computed cranial tomography demonstrated congenital cribriform plate defect. This patient was repaired surgically and no further meningitis has developed for 16 months

Keywords :Recurrent bacterial meningitis, Thin section direct coronal computed cranial tomography, Congenital cribriform ate defect