title: Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and unilateral nasal polyposis: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea and unilateral polyposis in a 53-year-old woman. The clinical features, tomograms, and CT scan with Metrizamide infusion are examined. The analysis of this case evidences that: 1) A CSF can occur also after a long time (3 years) following a head injury; 2) CT cisternography with Metrizamide can demonstrate a leakage, but not always the fluid egress from the intracranial cavity; and 3) A CSF rhinorrhea may be the primary cause and not an occasional association or complication of a reactive phlogistic nasal disease.
authors.affiliation: II ENT Clinic, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gallina
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Bottai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ammannati
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis