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Traumatic porencephalic cyst and cholesteatoma of the ear
J Abrunhosa1, P Gonçalves, J G dos Santos
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|January 6, 2001
Abstract:
Porencephalic cyst expanding into the ear is a very rare complication of temporal bone fracture. We report a case of a 20-year-old male who developed a traumatic porencephalic cyst of the temporal lobe expanding into the ear through a tegmen fracture in association with a cholesteatoma. The clinical presentation was otitic meningitis. This occurrence was not encountered in any of the cases reviewed in the literature. The diagnosis, pathogenesis, treatment and prognosis of this condition are reviewed.