title: Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: a possible pathway for intracranial spread of infection.
abstract: Otogenic brain abscesses account for 31.4% of all cerebral abscesses: bone erosion due to coalescent otomastoiditis or cholesteatomas, osteothrombophlebitis, and hematogenous spreading are the most frequent pathways of infection. We briefly reported and discussed the first case of otogenic brain abscess due to infectious labyrinthitis that (likely) spread intracranially through a dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Unit, Padova Hospital, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manara
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lionello
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Filippis
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Citton
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Staffieri
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marioni
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007762:Labyrinthitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents