Porencephalic cyst: A review of the literature and management of a rare cause of cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-386

  Ryzenman, John M ^a,e   Rothholtz, Vanessa S ^b,c   Wiet, Richard J ^b,d  

^a Ohio Ear Institute   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ear Institute of Chicago LLC   (United States)

^e Ohio Ear Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalocele; Otorrhea; Porencephaly

Indexed keywords

BETA2 TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AUDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CYST; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PORENCEPHALIC CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CYSTS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTOID; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247250272     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/mao.0b013e31802ead9e     Document Type: Review

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