title: [Recurrent meningitis and cerebrospinal fluid fistula across the footplate of the stapes].
abstract: The clinical observation of a patient who presented an association of recurrent meningitis, unilateral deafness, and congenital anomaly of the ear is presented. The surgical exploration permitted us to find a CSF leak through the footplate of the stapes. The present concepts concerning especially the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000209:etiology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D013201:Stapes Surgery
vernacular_title: Méningite récidivante et fistule de L.C.-R. à travers la platine de l'étrier.