Idiopathic spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and pneumocephalus: case report and literature review.
We report a case of idiopathic spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea associated with marked intraventricular pneumocephalus. The patient, a 60-year-old male, presented with confusion and urinary incontinence. CT cisternography failed to provide preoperative localization of the site of leakage.
Roberts
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Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.
Foy
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Bolger
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D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed