[Mondini's syndrome. Recurrent meningitis. Surgical cure (author's transl)].

The authors report 3 cases of meningitis in children. In every case of meningitis, and furthermore in recurrent in cases of meningitis, it is essential to examine not only the eardrum but also hearing and, when there is a deafness, tomographic shots should be taken of the labyrinth to look for a malformation of the internal auditory canal or the cochlea so as to detect the portal of entry for the infection and to be able to close it surgically.