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The article presents a case study of a 58-year-old male patient who has a history of hypertension and was admitted to the hospital due to ischemic stroke in the left hemisphere. Result of the general examination shows no hematological abnormalities. He was also given dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin.

The article focuses on the case report of a 29 year-old woman suffering with a rhinoliquorrea followed by pneumococcal meningitis. Her first sign was a sensation of watery discharge into the nasopharynx lasting for almost two years. A CT scan of the petrous bone documented the aplasia of the cochlea with a common cavity. The patient underwent a subtotal petrosectomy. After six months no evidence of liquorrhea was noticed. The dysplasia of the inner ear may be associated with a communication to the subarachnoid spaces with the middle ear through a dehiscence in the stapes footplate when a tapering of the internal auditory meatus is present resulting in cerebrospinal fluid fistula.