title: [A man with severe traumatic brain injury].
abstract: We present a 41-year-old man with severe traumatic brain injury. Cranial imaging studies revealed cerebral contusion and a longitudinal fracture of the temporal bone. Several days later brain herniated into the left external auditory canal. Imaging studies showed the known skull fracture with a direct connection between the external acoustic meatus and the intracranial structures.
authors: VUmc, Amsterdam, Afd. Neurochirurgie, the Netherlands. e.a.oudeman@gmail.com
authors: Eline A
authors: EA
authors: Oudeman
authors: Carine  O
authors: C
authors: Martins Jarnalo
authors: Willem J R
authors: WJ
authors: van Ouwerkerk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed