Arquivos Internacionais de Otorrinolaringologia 2010; 14(04): 472-476
DOI: 10.1590/S1809-48722010000400016
Case Report
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Case Study Spontaneous Otoliquorrhea in Adult

Relato de Caso: Otoliquorreia Espontânea em Adulto
Amanda Costa Rossi
*   Resident of the Year 3 of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Celso Pierro School of Medicine, PUC Campinas.
,
Juliana Martins de Araujo Cardoso Bertoncello
**   Otorhinolaryngologist. Specialist Medical Assistant Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Celso Pierro School of Medicine, PUC Campinas.
,
Luiz Carlos Scachetti
***   Medical (a) ENT. Medical (a) Specialist Contributor (a) of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Celso Pierro School of Medicine, PUC Campinas.
,
Carolina Schäffer
***   Medical (a) ENT. Medical (a) Specialist Contributor (a) of the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Celso Pierro School of Medicine, PUC Campinas.
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Aguinaldo Pereira Catanoce
****   MD Neurosurgeon. Specialist Assistant to the Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Celso Pierro School of Medicine, PUC Campinas, Vera Cruz Hospital and the Hospital Estadual Mário Covas FMABC.
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Silvio Antonio Monteiro Marone
*****   Professor of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, PUC Campinas. Professor of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, PUC Campinas and Professor of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, USP.
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Publication History

03 May 2009

04 August 2009

Publication Date:
12 February 2014 (online)

Summary

Introduction: The spontaneous otological CSF leaks are rare entities. Usually they manifest themselves in children with meningitis and deep sensorineural hearing loss and in adults with middle otitis and effusion clinical picture.

Objective: To describe the clinical picture, diagnosis and surgical treatment of a patient with CSF otological.

Case Report: A female sex patient, 57 years old, with hearing loss, aural fullness and right ear tinnitus case history 10 years ago. After insertion of tympanostomy tubes on the right in another service, it began liquid, transparent and constant otorrhea in large quantities. The diagnosis was performed by suggestive cisternoscintigraphy of CSF leak, and by cisternography that showed that the area of bone dehiscence in the tegmen tympani region to the right, partial opacification of mastoid cells and middle ear to the right, besides concentration of contrast medium in sub-arachnoid space to the lower right compared to the left side. Through transmastoid via was located the CSF leak and meningoencephalocele in the region of the right tegmen tympani. The closure of the fistula was accomplished through the use of the temporal muscle flap, fibrin glue and Surgicel®.

Final Comments: In adults with symptoms suggestive of recurrent otitis media with effusion, the diagnosis of CSF fistula should be raised. The research should proceed with imaging, highlighting the CTC. Surgical treatment in this patient using the transmastoid technique has proved effective in the short and long term.

Resumo

Introdução: As fístulas liquóricas otológicas espontâneas (FLOEs) são entidades raras. Geralmente manifestam-se em crianças com meningite e perda sensorioneural profunda e em adultos com quadro de otite média com efusão.

Objetivo: Descrever o quadro clínico, o diagnóstico e o tratamento cirúrgico de uma paciente com FLOE.

Relato do Caso: Paciente do sexo feminino, 57 anos, com história de hipoacusia, plenitude aural e tinnitus à direita há 10 anos. Após colocação de tubo de ventilação à direita em outro serviço, iniciou otorreia líquida, transparente e constante em grande quantidade. O diagnóstico foi realizado através da cisternocintilografia, sugestiva de fístula liquórica; e da cisternotomografia que mostrou área de deiscência óssea em região de tegmen tympani à direita, velamento parcial de células mastóideas e de orelha média à direita, além concentração do meio de contraste no espaço sub-aracnoídeo à direita menor em relação ao lado esquerdo. Através de via transmastoídea foi localizada fístula liquórica e meningoencefalocele na região de tegmen tympani à direita. O fechamento da fístula foi realizado através do uso de retalho de músculo temporal, cola de fibrina e Surgicel®.

Comentários Finais: Em adultos com história clínica sugestiva de otite média com efusão recorrente, a hipótese diagnóstica de fístula liquórica deve ser levantada. A investigação deve prosseguir com exames de imagem, destacando-se a cisternotomografia. O tratamento cirúrgico nesta paciente, através da técnica transmastoídea, se revelou eficaz a curto e a longo prazo.

 
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