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Postauricular cerebellar encephalocoele secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoid surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

T. V. Ramanikanth ,
Michael C. F. Smith ,
Ravi Ramamoorthyt  and
K. K. Ramalingam
T. V. Ramanikanth
Affiliation:
Postgraduate in Otolaryngology, Neurological Centre, Madras, India
Michael C. F. Smith*
Affiliation:
Senior Registrar, The Royal Infirmary and District General Hospital, Sunderland, U.K.
Ravi Ramamoorthyt
Affiliation:
Hon. Professor in Otolaryngology, Madras Medical College, Madras
K. K. Ramalingam
Affiliation:
Consultant in Neurosurgery, Voluntary Health Services Hospital, Neurological Centre, Madras, India.
*
E.N.T. Department, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN.
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Abstract

Cerebellar herniation into the mastoid through the posterior aspect of the temporal bone as a result of chronic suppurative otitis media and mastoid surgery is a rare event. A case is reported in which such a hernia presented subcutaneously behind the pinna; its repair is discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 12 , December 1990 , pp. 982 - 985
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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