Post-traumatic prandial rhinorrhea.
A patient with a LeFort III fracture developed clear prandial rhinorrhea as a late complication. A parotid-antral communication was discovered and surgically corrected. Only one previous case of parotid-antral rhinorrhea has been reported in the literature. Although it is a rare complication, salivary origin for post-traumatic rhinorrhea must be considered in the differential diagnosis.
University of Chicago Medical Center, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chicago, IL 60637.
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D000328:Adult; D004435:Eating; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009957:Oroantral Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000293:injuries*; D012463:Saliva; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery