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- A 13-year-old boy experienced progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) due to erosion of the inner ear structures caused by a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diverticulum along the facial nerve.
- Imaging studies and audiological data led to surgical interventions, including partial labyrinthectomy and cochlear implantation, to address the issue.
- The case highlights the importance of early detection and closure of CSF diverticula to prevent permanent hearing loss resulting from labyrinthine erosion.
Article Abstract
Objective: To present a case of progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) caused by labyrinthine erosion secondary to expanding geniculate ganglion cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diverticulum extending along the path of the facial nerve.
Patient: Thirteen-year-old man with no past medical history or risk factors presented with unilateral progressive SNHL and no other otologic or neurologic symptoms.
Interventions: Audiological data as well as imaging studies including a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and internal auditory canal and a temporal bone computed tomography (CT) are presented. Partial labyrinthectomy, CSF leak closure, and cochlear implantation were performed. A lumbar puncture was obtained 2 months postoperatively.
Main Outcome Measure: Closure of the CSF leak.
Results: Mastoidectomy revealed a wide area of CSF leak through the geniculate ganglion and fallopian canal with partial destruction of the superior and lateral semicircular canals by an expanding diverticulum.
Conclusions: This is an unusual presentation of progressive SNHL due to partial labyrinthine erosion due to a meningocele of the geniculate ganglion along the fallopian canal. It is likely that the patient had a congenital open pathway through the labyrinthine segment of the facial nerve and CSF pulsations created the meningocele over a few years. This case argues for early closure of such CSF diverticula to prevent possible SNHL due to labyrinthine erosion.
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