• Ear Nose Throat J · Jan 2004

    Case Reports

    A case of pneumocephalus and meningitis as a complication of silent otitis media.

    • Suat Turgut, Ibrahim Ercan, Zeynep Alkan, and Burak Cakir.
    • Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Clinic, Sisli Etfal Teaching and Research Hospital, Etfal S. Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey.
    • Ear Nose Throat J. 2004 Jan 1; 83 (1): 50-2.

    AbstractSilent otitis media is a progressive otogenic disease. Intracranial manifestations of this complication are limited; the most common is meningitis. We report a case of meningitis and pneumocephalus as a complication of silent otitis media. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of pneumocephalus as a complication of silent otitis media.

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