Leaking Labyrinthine Lesions associated with Recurrent Meningitis

Kim, Jong Hoon; Kim, Joong Gahng; Ahn, Byung Hoon

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1992.3.2.342

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1992; 3(2):342-347

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1992.3.2.342

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누출성 내이병변에 의한 재발성 뇌막염

김종훈¹, 김중강¹, 안병훈¹

Leaking Labyrinthine Lesions associated with Recurrent Meningitis

Jong Hoon Kim¹, Joong Gahng Kim¹, Byung Hoon Ahn¹

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¹계명대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University

© Copyright 1992 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: May 31, 2020

Abstract

Despite antibiotics, meningitis still remains a life threatening infection. Meningitis is the most common intracranial complication of acute otitis media. Recurrent meningitis associated with acute otitis media suggests leaking labyrinthine lesions between the middle ear and the cerebrospinal fluid.

If recurrent meningitis is thought to be otitic in origin, multidirectional polytomography or high-resolution computed tomography scanning of the temporal bone should be performed to look for a defect.

he authors experienced 3 patients with leaking labyrinthine lesions(Mondini dysplasia, post-brain tumor surgery, post-traumatic lesion) developing recurrent meningitis and presented these cases with review of literatures.

Keywords: Leaking Labyrinthine Lesions; Recurrent Meningitis