Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea from a tegmen defect: Transmastoid repair with minicraniotomy

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 108, Issue 7 I, 1999, Pages 653-658

  Kuhweide, Rudolf ^a,b   Casselman, Jan W ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^b AZ Sint Jan ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea; Encephalocele; Meningocele; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYRINGOTOMY; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032773163     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949910800706     Document Type: Article

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