Diagnosis and Management of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid-Middle Ear Effusion and Otorrhea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 800-805

  Brown, N E ^a   Grundfast, Kenneth M ^a,e   Jabre, A ^a   Megerian, C A ^b   O'Malley Jr , B W ^c   Rosenberg, S I ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ear Research Foundation   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; CALVARIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COTTON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MUSCLE GRAFT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM; TEGMENTUM; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MASTOID; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 2442509134     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200405000-00002     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Ahren C, Thulin C-A. Lethal intracranial complications following inflammation in the external ear canal in treatment of serous otitis media and due to defects in the petrous bone. Acta Otolayrngol 1965;60:407-421.
2. Merchant SN, McKenna MJ. Neurotologic manifestations and treatment of multiple spontaneous tegmental defects. Am J Otol 2000;21:234-239.
3. Quiney RE, Mitchell DB, Djazerbi B, et al. Recurrent meningitis in children due to inner ear abnormalities. J Laryngol Otol 1989;103:473-480.
4. Gacek RR. Arachnoid granulation cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1990;99:854-862.
5. Stone JA, Castillo M, Neelon B, Mukherji SK. Evaluation of CSF leaks: high-resolution CT compared with contrastenhanced CT and radionuclide cisternography. Am J Neuroradiol 1999;20:706-712.
6. Skedros DG, Cass SP, Hirsch BE, Kelly RH. Beta-2 transferrin assay in clinical management of cerebral spinal fluid and perilymphatic fluid leaks. J Otolaryngol 1993;22: 341-344.
7. Oberascher G. Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea: new trends in diagnosis. Am J Otol 1995;16:765-771.
8. Yamamoto Y, Kunishio Y, Sunami N, et al. Identification of CSF fistulas by radionuclide counting. Am J Neuroradiol 1990;11:823-826.
9. Gacek RR, Gacek MR, Tart R. Adult spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea: diagnosis and management. Am J Otol 1999;20:770-776.
10. Savva A, Taylor MJ, Beatty CW. Management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks involving the temporal bone: report on 92 patients. Laryngoscope 2003;113:50-56.