RECURRENT MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL DERMAL SINUS

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Case Reports1 March 1961RECURRENT MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL DERMAL SINUSDOLORES MÉNDEZ-CASHION, M.D., RICARDO CORDERO, M.D.DOLORES MÉNDEZ-CASHION, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RICARDO CORDERO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-3-503 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCongenital dermal sinuses are depressions or tracts lined with stratified squamous epithelium which apparently result from defective separation of the neuroectoderm from the epithelial ectoderm along the mid-dorsal aspect of the embryo. In 1926 Moise1 related these lesions to intracranial infection when he reported a case of staphylococcal meningitis in which the portal of entry was a congenital dermal sinus in the sacral region. His patient, an 18-year-old male, recovered after lumbar laminectomy with drainage. Several reports followed of meningitis secondary to similar lesions along the spinal axis.2-4In 1949 Mount4reported two cases of sinuses in the occipital area...Bibliography1. Moise TS: Staphylococcus meningitis secondary to congenital sacral sinus. Surg., Gynec., Obstet. 42: 394, 1926. Google Scholar2. RipleyThompson WDC: Pilonidal sinus as a route of infection in a case of staphylococcus meningitis. Amer. J. Dis. Child. 36: 785, 1928. Google Scholar3. WalkerBucy AEPC: Congenital dermal sinuses: a source of spinal meningeal infection and subdural abscess. Brain 57: 401, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Mount LA: Congenital dermal sinuses as a cause of meningitis, intraspinal abscess and intracranial abscess. J. A. M. A. 139: 1263, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CardellLaurance BSB: Congenital dermal sinus associated with meningitis. Report of a fatal case. Brit. Med. J. 2: 1558 (Dec. 29) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. IngrahamMatson FDDD: Intracranial complications of congenital dermal sinuses. Pediatrics 8: 463, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BeauNeimannGosserey ANM: Kystes dermoides et fistules congenitales medianes du dos du nez. Arch. Franc. Pédiat. 11: 1100, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. IngrahamMatson FD: Neurosurgery of infancy and childhood. 1954, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 7. Google Scholar9. Lanman TH, in The year book of pediatrics. S. S. Gellis, Editor, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Ill., p. 403, 1956-57. Google Scholar10. HaworthZachary JCRB: Congenital dermal sinuses in children, their relation to pilonidal sinuses. Lancet 2: 10 (July 2) 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Matson DD, in The year book of pediatrics. S. S. Gellis, Editor, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, Ill., p. 403, 1956-57. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 19, 1959.From the Department of Pediatrics and the Section of Neurology and Neurological Surgery of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine and the San Juan City Hospital.Presented at the Ninth Regional Meeting of The American College of Physicians, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 10, 1959.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dolores Méndez-Cashion, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan 22, Puerto Rico. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKystes dermoïdes de la fosse cérébrale postérieure chez l’enfant révélés par des méningites aseptiques récidivantes : à propos de deux cas et revue de la littératureBrain Abscess Due to Staphylococcus Aureus Following Neonatal Breast Abscess: Case Report and a Brief Review of the LiteratureChronic or Recurrent MeningitisThe Management of Central Nervous System InfectionsDermoid cysts of the posterior cranial fossa in children. Report of nine cases and review of the literatureDermoids of the Posterior FossaRecurrent Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in a childReferencesA prospective search for congenital dermal abnormalities of the craniospinal axisBACTERIAL MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONGENITAL DERMAL SINUSProteus mirabilis meningitis: Report of two cases treated with ampicillinBacterial Meningitis — A Review of Selected AspectsDermoid tumor of the posterior fossa associated with congenital dermal sinus�ber rezidivierende eitrige Meningitiden beim Kind 1 March 1961Volume 54, Issue 3Page: 503-509KeywordsCOVID-19EmbryosHospital medicineLaminectomyLesionsMeningitisNeurologyPediatric surgeryPediatricsStaphylococcal infection Issue Published: 1 March 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...