title: [Gradenigo syndrome and petrositis in a child].
abstract: Gradenigo syndrome is caused by petrous inflammation, also called petrositis. It includes acute otitis media, diplopia, and homolateral retroorbital pain due to trigeminal and abducens nerve injury. We describe a child with petrositis secondary to acute otitis media. The lack of otoscopic abnormality and the presence of bilateral headache made the diagnostic difficult. After complementary investigations searching for an intracranial process, the diagnosis was made based on brain and skull base dimensional computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Service de neuropédiatrie, département de pédiatrie, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. Electronic address: marionfav@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Favier
authors.affiliation: Service de radiologie pédiatrique, département de radiologie, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bessou
authors.affiliation: Service d'oto-rhino-laryngologie (ORL), département de chirurgie cervico-faciale et ORL, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Franco-Vidal
authors.affiliation: Service de neuropédiatrie, département de pédiatrie, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pédespan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications*; D059270:Petrositis / Q000209:etiology*