ANEURYSMAL CYST OF THE PETROSAL BONE

Authors
LACKMANN GM TOLLNER U
Citation
Gm. Lackmann et U. Tollner, ANEURYSMAL CYST OF THE PETROSAL BONE, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 69(2), 1993, pp. 241-242
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Archives of Disease in Childhood → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
241 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1993)69:2<241:ACOTPB>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
An aneurysmal cyst of the petrosal bone presenting as hearing loss and recurrent bacterial meningitis is reported. None of the clinical or r adiographic signs described previously were present. Because other dia gnostic methods are not reliable, it is recommended that coronal thin section computed tomography be performed in every case of suspected ma lformation of the skull base and in the diagnosis of recurrent bacteri al meningitis.