Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis in a Child with Hearing Impairment, Mondini Dysplasia: A Case Report

Author(s):

Behdad Gharib , Sara Esmaeili , Golnaz Shariati , Narges Mazloomi Nobandegani , Mehrzad Mehdizadeh

Message:
Abstract:
Recurrent bacterial meningitis is not a common disease and makes physicians seek underlying predisposing factors which can result from anatomic anomalies or immunodeficiency. In this paper we present a boy with recurrent bacterial meningitis with the history of trauma and sensorineural hearing loss. Mondini dysplasia was demonstrated with computed homographic scans (CT-Scan) of temporal bones.
Keywords:

Hearing impairment , Mondini Dysplasia , Recurrent bacterial meningitis

Language:
English
Published:
Acta Medica Iranica, Volume:50 Issue: 12, Dec 2012
Page:
843
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