title: Stroke? Localized, otogenic meningitis!
abstract: We report the case of a patient admitted with aphasia, treated for a stroke. Subsequently, it was revealed that the symptoms were caused by complicated otitis media with localized meningitis. This case draws attention to the possible intracranial spread of infection when neurological symptoms occur in a patient with otitis media.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark. harpami@gmail.com
authors.forename: Harpa Maria
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Ingolfsdottir
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cayé-Thomasen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed