Traumatic CSF fistula presenting late as a middle ear effusion.
CSF otorrhoea is not uncommon following head injury but late presentation is rare. In the case described an unsuspected temporal bone fracture presented after an interval of ten years with a conductive deafness due to fluid in the middle ear simulating serous otitis media.
Brandrick
J T
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Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
D000368:Aged; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications