Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea as a presentation of pituitary adenoma.
We report a patient with a pituitary adenoma who presented with only cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. A radiologically unrecognized defect in the floor of the sella was observed at operation.
D000238:Adenoma, Chromophobe / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging