Heterotopic brain tissue: a rare cause of adult recurrent meningitis.
Heterotopic brain tissue is a rare cause of symptoms in neonates in whom it may present with respiratory obstruction. In infants it may produce unilateral nasal obstruction due to a nasal 'polyp' or cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea with an associated risk of meningitis. It is exceedingly rare in adults but may nevertheless be a cause of significant morbidity as this case demonstrates.
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E.N.T Department, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
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D001921:Brain; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging