A DELAYED COMPLICATION WITH STEEL WIRE OSTEOSYNTHESIS

We treated a 6-year-old child for hyperteleorbitism. We performed a fa cial bipartition steel wire osteosynthesis of the frontal bone. After 7 years we observed two episodes of pneumococcal meningitis, which wer e treated with intravenous antibiotic, resulting in a prompt recovery. The computed tomographic scan and nuclear magnetic resonance image sh owed the steel wire included in the frontal sinus and in contact with the dura mater. Removal of the wire and suture of the dura allowed pro mpt recovery.