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Traumatic porencephalic cyst and cholesteatoma of the ear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

M. Resende
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
J. Abrunhosa
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
P. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
J. Gameiro Dos Santos
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
F. Moreira
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
A. Gameiro Dos Santos
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

Porencephalic cyst expanding into the ear is a very rare complication of temporal bone fracture. We report a case of a 20 – year – old male who developed a traumatic porencephalic cyst of the temporal lobe expanding into the ear through a tegmen fracture in association with a cholesteatoma. The clinical presentation was otitic meningitis. This occurrence was not encountered in any of the cases reviewed in the literature. The diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment and prognosis of this condition are reviewed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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