Intraethmoidal encephalomeningocele presenting with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea in an elderly man. Case report.
The case of a 63-year-old patient with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from a intraethmoidal encephalomeningocele is presented. The patient was asymptomatic until the old age. The preoperative coronal CT-scan and the preoperative and postoperative MRI are shown. The rarity of this onset in an elderly man and the surgical indications of this disease are debated.
Scamoni
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Neurosurgical Division, Varese Regional Hospital, Italy.
Dario
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Marra
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Soldati
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Cerati
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Dorizzi
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D000367:Age Factors; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000209:etiology; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed