Intracranial air bubbles localizing cerebrospinal fluid fistula.
A case of persistent meningitis following excision of a jugular foramen neurinoma is presented. A cerebrospinal fluid fistula at the mastoid region was localized by computed tomographic demonstration of air bubbles in the posterior fossa.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed