[Non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea of sphenoid origin].
The posterior wall of the sphenoid sinus is rarely implicated as a site of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Presented here is a case of CSF rhinorrhea of this nature, including the diagnosis workup and endoscopic approach permitting closure of the fistula.
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Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Faculté de Médecine de l'Université Paris-V, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris. pierre.bonfils@egp.aphp.fr
Malinvaud
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Halimi
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed