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  • Title: Recurrent meningitis due to a congenital fistula in the stapedial footplate.
    Author: Hirakawa K, Kurokawa M, Yajin K, Harada Y.
    Journal: Arch Otolaryngol; 1983 Oct; 109(10):697-700. PubMed ID: 6615322.
    Abstract:
    A patient with recurrent meningitis had spontaneous CSF leakage from the fistula of the stapedial footplate. The patient was a 7-year-old boy with profuse CSF otorrhea, proved by myringotomy. A roentgenographic examination and computed tomography scan of the temporal bone demonstrated an abnormal bony labyrinth. During the operation, a leak was found at the fistula of the stapedial footplate. Surgical obliteration of the fistula with temporal muscle and fascia has prevented the recurrence of meningitis.
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