Idiopathic CSF rhinorrhoea presenting with tension pneumocephalus and hemiparesis.
A case of non-traumatic/non-iatrogenic CSF rhinorrhoea, presenting with tension pneumocephalus and hemiparesis is described. The possible pathological processes involved in this rare case are discussed. Cases in the literature of idiopathic CSF rhinorrhoea and also those of spontaneous pneumocephalus are reviewed.
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K. richard.hogg@virgin.net
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D000368:Aged; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed