[A rare case of recurrent meningitis: intranasal encephalocele].
Intranasal meningoencephalocele is a rare malformation characterized by a protrusion of brain tissue and meninges out of the cranial cavity into the nose, through a discontinuity of the ethmoidal cribriform plate. It is a congenital anomaly but it may be also due to trauma or to chronic intracranial hypertension. It is clinically apparent as a small mass that may be confused with nasal polyp. A cerebrospinal fluid leakage may be present. In a few cases it gives no symptoms until adulthood, but usually recurrent meningitis may occur. A case of young woman with intranasal encephalomeningocele who suffered from 18 episodes of meningitis is reported. Nevertheless she is at present without neurological consequences.
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D000328:Adult; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence
Una rara causa di meningiti recidivanti: l'encefalocele intranasale.