CSF orbitorrhoea with tension pneumocephalus.
A seventy eight year old man sustained penetrating injury to right orbit about 15 years ago. Later he developed right orbital infection leading to phthisis bulbi. Two months before admission he developed CSF leak from the right orbit, tension pneumocephalous and meningitis. A rare case of CSF orbitorrhoea is reported here along with the discussion on mechanisms and management.
Rao
T N
TN
Department of Neurosurgery, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences Panjagutta, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500482, India.
Purohit
A K
AK
Dilnawaz
Murthy
T V
TV
Dinakar
I
I
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed