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Meningocoele of fallopian canal causing recurrent meningitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2009

G Dhanasekar ,
K Pearman  and
R Irving
G Dhanasekar*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK
K Pearman
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK
R Irving
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr G Dhanasekar, 6 Woodhayes Croft, Wolverhampton WV10 8PP, UK. E-mail: DhanasekarENT@aol.com
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Abstract

Objective:

We report a rare case of meningocoele of the fallopian canal resulting in recurrent meningitis.

Methods:

We present a case report together with a review of the world literature concerning meningocoele of the fallopian canal and meningitis.

Results:

A child developed profound, bilateral, sensorineural hearing loss as a result of meningitis caused by a meningocoele of the fallopian canal. He was treated with bilateral cochlear implantation, with a subtotal petrosectomy and middle ear and eustachian tube obliteration on the affected side.

Conclusion:

Meningocoele of the fallopian canal has rarely been reported. This lesion can present with recurrent meningitis and, rarely, with facial weakness. All children with recurrent meningitis should be investigated for skull base defects. Treatment aims to prevent further episodes of meningitis; we recommend that this is best achieved by the technique of subtotal petrosectomy, with obliteration of the middle ear and eustachian tube.

Keywords

MeningoceleFallopianMeningitisCochlear Implants

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Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 124 , Issue 4 , April 2010 , pp. 460 - 462
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2009

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Footnotes

Presented as a poster at the XI International Facial Nerve Symposium, 25–28th April 2009, Rome, Italy.

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