Congenital Dermal Sinus Associated with Meningitis

Abstract

A congenital dermal sinus communicating with the central nervous system or its coverings is one of the less common routes by which a pathogenic organism may gain access to the meninges and produce a meningitis. Because early recognition is important and simple opera- tive excision is available as an efficient prophylactic measure against such infection, a fatal case of con- genital dermal sinus associated with meningitis is reported here.