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- Title
Recurrent Meningitis with Upper Airway Obstruction in A Child: Frontonasal Encephalocele- A Case Report.
- Authors
SACHDEVA, SOUMYA; KAPOOR, ROHIT; PAUL, PREMILA; YADAV, RAKESH
- Abstract
Nasal encephalocele are rare congenital anomalies; these benign masses may be confused with nasal dermoids, hemangiomas, nasal gliomas and anterior skull base masses. These lesions have concomitant defects in the anterior cranial fossa thus this potential communication can cause recurrent episodes of meningitis and/or difficulty in breathing and cosmetic anomalies. We bring a case of a 6-year-old child who presented to the clinic with multiple episodes of meningitis which was associated with nasal discharge. The imaging studies and nasal fluid analysis confirmed it as cerebrospinal fluid; subsequently imaging findings concluded it as frontonasal encephalocele which was later resected and patient showed improvement.
- Subjects
MENINGITIS in children; RESPIRATORY obstructions; ENCEPHALOCELE; SKULL base abnormalities; DISEASE relapse; CEREBROSPINAL fluid
- Publication
Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 2014, Vol 8, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0973-709X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.7860/JCDR/2014/9262.4749