title: [Results of fluorescein nose endoscopy in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea].
abstract: To establish the diagnosis of cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea 45 patients were examined via intrathecal fluorescein-dye studies. Rhinorrhoea was suspected after head injuries and surgery of the base of the skull. The diagnostic procedure was in accordance with the technique of Messerklinger. In 8 patients a fluorescent secretion was detected and a CSF-leakage operatively proven. The result of the fluorescein tests, the x-ray tomographies and the RIHSA-studies are compared. The fluorescein technique is shown to be a useful diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal leaks.
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D019793:Fluorescein; D005452:Fluoresceins; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D019793:Fluorescein
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der Fluoreszein-Nasenendoskopie bei der Diagnostik der Rhinoliquorrhö.