MRI in spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea.
We studied two patients with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea with MRI and other imaging modalities. T2-weighted images proved most useful for the detection and localisation of the CSF leakage. MRI appeared to provide an accurate and noninvasive method for preoperative investigation of spontaneous CSF rhinorrhoea.
D000368:Aged; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged