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- Title
A case of Mondini dysplasia with recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
- Authors
Çiftdoğan, Dilek Yılmaz; Bayram, Nuri; Özdemir, Yasemin; Bayraktaroğlu, Selen; Vardar, Fadıl; Yilmaz Ciftdoğan, Dilek; Ozdemir, Yasemin; Bayraktaroğlu, Selen; Vardar, Fadil
- Abstract
Mondini's dysplasia is a developmental anomaly of the middle ear characterized by cochlear malformation with dilation of the vestibular aquaduct, vestibule, and ampullar ends of the semicircular canals. These deformities may result in a connection between subarachnoid space and the middle ear resulting in recurrent episodes of meningitis. Additionally, it is commonly associated with hearing impairment. We describe here a boy with recurrent meningitis and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Mondini dysplasia was demonstrated with computed tomographic scans of the temporal bones in the search for pathogenesis of recurrent meningitis.
- Subjects
DYSPLASIA; STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae; MENINGITIS; CELL transformation; STREPTOCOCCUS
- Publication
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2009, Vol 168, Issue 12, p1533
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00431-009-0954-8