Journal article
Recurrent Meningitis and Mondini Dysplasia
Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery, Vol.116(5), pp.608-612
05/01/1990
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1990.01870050108018
PMID: 2183826
Abstract
• Three infants with cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea and recurrent meningitis due to Mondini dysplasia have been treated at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; 39 other patients with this association have been described. This review highlights the characteristics and embryologic basis of the malformation. The clinical evaluation of an infant with recurrent meningitis is outlined, and the importance of brain-stem response audiometry and thincut computed tomography of the temporal bones is discussed. Surgical management depends on the functional status of the dysplastic ear; usually, a stapedectomy is performed and the vestibule is obliterated. Although the surgical failure rate is 30% after one procedure, early identification of the dysplasia and prompt surgical management diminish morbidity and mortality and permit early habilitation of the child with congenital hearing impairment.(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116:608-612)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Recurrent Meningitis and Mondini Dysplasia
- Creators
- Laurie A OhlmsMorven S EdwardsEdward O MasonMakoto IgarashiBobby R AlfordRichard J. H Smith
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery, Vol.116(5), pp.608-612
- DOI
- 10.1001/archotol.1990.01870050108018
- PMID
- 2183826
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
- ISSN
- 0886-4470
- eISSN
- 1538-361X
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984007189002771
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