Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and pneumocephalus following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy.
A 30-year-old female presented with headache, CSF rhinorrhoea, mild right facial weakness, 2 months following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. CT revealed marked intraventricular pneumocephalus with breached air cells in the pneumatized lower part of temporal bone. The dural and bony defects repaired successfully with complete resolution of the pneumocephalus.
Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK. H.Ellamushi@ion.ucl.ac.uk
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D000328:Adult; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed