[Spontaneous rhinorrhea due to basal encephalocele].
We report the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented spontaneous watery discharge through the left nostril due to a basal encephalocele. Two infrequent operative findings were the presence of an excavation of the cribriform plate, and not of a true osseous defect, and the absence of the left olfactory bulb.
Martínez-Lage
J
J
Unidad de Neurocirugía Pediátrica, Murcia, Spain. jfmlage@arrixaca.huva.es
Casas Fernández
C
C
López Hernández
F
F
D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000002:abnormalities*