All issues > Volume 29(7); 1986
- Case Report
- J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(7):779-783. Published online July 31, 1986.
- A Case of Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis Secondary to the Defect of Stapes Footplate.
- Soon Hee Eom1, Joo Hong Cha1, Byoung Soo Cho1, Sa Jun Chung1, Chang Il Ahn1, Chang Il Cha2
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1Department of Pediatrics,Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine
2Department of Otolaryngology, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine
- Abstract
- With the dramatic lowering the mortality rate of bacterial meningitis since the introduction of
antibacterial agents, multiple attacks of bacterial meningitis no longer are a curiosity. So multiple
attacks of bacterial meningitis may be the only indication of the existence of an abnormal communication
between the nasopharynx or ear and the meningeal space and such a communication must be found.
We have experienced a case that a patient who had had recurrent bacterial meningitis had defect of Stapes footplate through which the CSF was leaking. We diagnosed by middle ear exploration and packed into the
inner ear vestibule using the temporalism & fascia. The authors reported a. case of recurrent bacterial meningitis secondary to oval window CSF leakage with a brief review of related literatures.
Keywords :Recurrent bacterial meningitis; Spontaneous CSF otorrhea; Stapes footplate