title: Traumatic CSF fistula presenting late as a middle ear effusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Brandrick
mesh_terms: 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