[Otogenic cerebrospinal fistula. Report of an atypical case].
We report the case of a female patient who consulted to the Room Emergencies due to abundant watery otorrea of 3 months without another symptom or apparent cause. The studys confirmed the presence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and the imaging tests (CT and MRI) demonstrated the existence of a communication between the right ear and middle cerebral fossa through tegmen timpani. The woman was operated by ORL (closing the fistula) and neurosurgery (placing an external lumbar drainage) with good postsurgical evolution.
Pino Rivero
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Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina, Facultativo Especialista de Otorrinolaringología. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
González Palomino
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Trinidad Ramos
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Pantoja Hernández
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Pardo Romero
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Rejas Ugena
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Marqués Rebollo
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Blasco Huelva
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D000368:Aged; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013506:Otologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome