title: A case of Mondini dysplasia with recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
abstract: Mondini's dysplasia is a developmental anomaly of the middle ear characterized by cochlear malformation with dilation of the vestibular aquaduct, vestibule, and ampullar ends of the semicircular canals. These deformities may result in a connection between subarachnoid space and the middle ear resulting in recurrent episodes of meningitis. Additionally, it is commonly associated with hearing impairment. We describe here a boy with recurrent meningitis and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Mondini dysplasia was demonstrated with computed tomographic scans of the temporal bones in the search for pathogenesis of recurrent meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey. drdilekyilmaz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yilmaz Ciftdoğan
authors.forename: Nuri
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Selen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayraktaroğlu
authors.forename: Fadil
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vardar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003051:Cochlea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed