CSF Otorrhea Resulting from Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone in a Patient with Recurrent Meningioma.

Author: Chul Won PARK ¹ ; Bong Joon JIN ; Seung Won JEONG ; Hyun Jeong MIN ; Ji Hoon SHIN ; Seung Hwan LEE
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1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. shleemd@hanyang.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Osteoradionecrosis; Temporal bone
MeSH: Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea; Head; Humans; Mastoid; Meningioma; Neck; Osteoradionecrosis; Skull Base; Temporal Bone
From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 2009;2(2):97-99
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone is a very rare but potentially lethal complication of radiotherapy for head and neck or skull base tumors. Only two cases of osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone complicating cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea have been reported in the literature. This report describes a case of CSF otorrhea and osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone in a patient with meningioma who was treated with tympanomastoid surgery and autologous fat obliteration in the mastoid.