TY - JOUR
T1 - Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
T2 - A possible pathway for intracranial spread of infection
AU - Manara, Renzo
AU - Lionello, Marco
AU - De Filippis, Cosimo
AU - Citton, Valentina
AU - Staffieri, Alberto
AU - Marioni, Gino
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Otogenic brain abscesses account for 31.4% of all cerebral abscesses: bone erosion due to coalescent otomastoiditis or cholesteatomas, osteothrombophlebitis, and hematogenous spreading are the most frequent pathways of infection. We briefly reported and discussed the first case of otogenic brain abscess due to infectious labyrinthitis that (likely) spread intracranially through a dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal.
AB - Otogenic brain abscesses account for 31.4% of all cerebral abscesses: bone erosion due to coalescent otomastoiditis or cholesteatomas, osteothrombophlebitis, and hematogenous spreading are the most frequent pathways of infection. We briefly reported and discussed the first case of otogenic brain abscess due to infectious labyrinthitis that (likely) spread intracranially through a dehiscence of the superior semicircular canal.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.amjoto.2011.05.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 21784554
AN - SCOPUS:84857789272
VL - 33
SP - 263
EP - 265
JO - American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
JF - American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
SN - 0196-0709
IS - 2
ER -