The case of otologic cerebrospinal fluid leak in patient with recurrent meningeal infection
Journal Title: Otolaryngologia Polska - Year 2008, Vol 62, Issue 5
Abstract
The authors present a cause of 51 year old female with recurrent meningeal infection. The patient had a remote history of head injury that she had almost forgotten. CT was performed but no pathology of temporal bone origin was diagnosed. DTPA+Tc 99m cisternography showed an abnormal radioactive accumulation in the right middle ear at 6 and 24 hours after intrathecal injection.
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Anna Siemieniuk, Monika Tywończuk-Szulc, Bogdan Kibiłda, Tomasz Bujnowski
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