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Cerebrospinal otorrhoea—a temporal bone report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Peter Walby
A. Peter Walby*
Affiliation:
Belfast
*
A. P. Walby, F.R.C.S., Ed., Consultant ENT Surgeon, Eye and Ear Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BANorthern Ireland.
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Abstract

Spontaneous cerebrospinal otorrhoea is a rare complication of a cholesteatoma. The histological findings in a temporal bone from such a case are reported. The cholesteatoma had eroded deeply through the vestibule into the internal auditory meatus.

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Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 399 - 402
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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