title: Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea and recurrent bacterial meningitis in a pediatric case with Mondini dysplasia.
abstract: Mondini dysplasia is a congenital malformation of the inner ear, which is characterized by a short and large cochlear canal of 1.5 turn rather than 2.5 turns and an apical region with cystic dilatation. Patients present with congenital deafness, when both cochlea are affected. Unilateral disease may cause recurrent meningitis, otorrhea or rhinorrhea. In this article, we report a three-year-old pediatric case with a history of meningitis and cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea following tympanostomy tube placement for serous otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. mete.iseri@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Işeri
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derin
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ustündağ
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology; D002558:Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000209:etiology*; D010046:Oval Window, Ear / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013201:Stapes Surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed