Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: a possible pathway for intracranial spread of infection

Abstract Otogenic brain abscesses account for 31.4% of all cerebral abscesses: bone erosion due to coalescent otomastoiditis or cholesteatomas, osteothrombophlebitis, and hematogenous spreading are the most frequent pathways of infection. We briefly reported and discussed the first case of otogenic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of otolaryngology 2012-03, Vol.33 (2), p.263-265
Hauptverfasser:	Manara, Renzo, MD, Lionello, Marco, MD, de Filippis, Cosimo, MD, Citton, Valentina, MD, Staffieri, Alberto, MD, Marioni, Gino, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacteria - isolation & purification Bacterial Infections - complications Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Bacterial Infections - therapy Biological and medical sciences Brain Abscess - diagnosis Brain Abscess - etiology Brain Abscess - therapy Diagnosis, Differential Drainage - methods Follow-Up Studies Humans Labyrinthitis - complications Labyrinthitis - diagnosis Labyrinthitis - therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Otolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology Semicircular Canals - microbiology Semicircular Canals - pathology Surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Otogenic brain abscesses account for 31.4% of all cerebral abscesses: bone erosion due to coalescent otomastoiditis or cholesteatomas, osteothrombophlebitis, and hematogenous spreading are the most frequent pathways of infection. We briefly reported and discussed the first case of otogenic brain abscess due to infectious labyrinthitis that (likely) spread intracranially through a dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal.
ISSN:	0196-0709 1532-818X
DOI:	10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.05.006