An Adult Case of Congenital Inner Ear Malformation with Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis

Abstract

We report on a 58-year-old female with inner ear anomalies associated with recurrent meningitis. During surgical treatment, severe cerebrospinal fluid leakage through a bony defect in the stapedial footplate was observed after the stapes was removed. Intralabyrinthine obliteration with the temporal muscle fascia was performed and the oval window was sealed with an auricular cartilaginous chip. No sign of meningitis has occurred after the operation.