Computed tomography findings of labyrinthitis ossificans secondary to meningitis: a case report

Abstract

A 26-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with chronic left eardrainage. He had a history of meningi­ tis when he was a child. Computed tomography CT of the temporal bone showed complete obliteration of the otic labyrinth by sclerotic tissue. Based on CT findings, the patient was diagnosed as labyrinthitis ossificans.Computed tomography is an appropriate method of examination for the identification of labyrinthitis ossifi­ cans and is of particular importance for evaluation of patients before cochlear implantation.

Keywords

• Cochlear diseases/radiography, labyrinthitis/etiology/radiography, meningitis, pneumococcal, ossification, heterotopic/radiography, temporal bone/pathology, tomogra­ phy, X-ray computed

Menenjite bağlı labirentitis ossifikansın bilgisayarlı tomografi bulguları: Olgu sunumu

Abstract

Yirmi altı yaşında erkek hasta kronik sol kulak akın- tısı ile kliniğimize başvurdu. Öyküsünden çocuklu- ğunda menenjit geçirdiği öğrenildi. Temporal bilgisa- yarlı tomografi BT incelemesinde labirentin sklero- tik doku ile oblitere olduğu saptandı. Bilgisayarlı to- mografi bulguları ile labirentitis ossifikans tanısı kon- du. Bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntüleme, labirentitis ossifikans tanısında uygun bir yöntemdir; aynı za- manda özellikle koklear implantasyon ameliyatı ön- cesi hastaların değerlendirilmesinde önemlidir

Keywords

• Koklear hastalık/radyografi, labirentitis/etyoloji/radyografi, menenjit, pnömokokal, osifikasyon,heterotopik/radyografi, temporal kemik/patoloji, bilgisayarlıtomografi

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