著者

松岡 寿子 西岡 慶子 河北 賢哉 多田羅 尚登

出版者

耳鼻咽喉科臨床学会

雑誌

耳鼻咽喉科臨床 (ISSN:00326313)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.90, no.12, pp.1329-1335, 1997-12-01 (Released:2011-11-04)

参考文献数

33

被引用文献数

1

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A 70-year-old male complaining of dizziness and hearing disturbances had sudden onset of meningitis and DIC. Target CT scans revealed latent petrositis with no clinical symptoms for six years. CT scans and MRI were found to be very useful in the early diagnosis of petrositis and the prediction of intracranial complications. This case suggested that asymptomatic petrositis with a high risk of intracranial complications is not rare in the recent antibiotic era. Twenty-three cases of petrositis reported in Japan from 1985 to 1995 were reviewed, and diagnostic and therapeutic problems were discussed.