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Recurrent meningitis due to round-window fistula in Klippel-Feil syndrome. A case report
South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde
|September 10, 1983
Abstract:
Hearing is impaired in 30% of patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome, owing to a variety of anatomical deformities of the inner and middle ear cavities. Recurrent meningitis due to a stapedial footplate fistula associated with this syndrome is rare. A case of Klippel-Feil syndrome, deafness and recurrent meningitis due to a round-window fistula is described. Surgical sealing of the defect prevented further meningeal infections.