title: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea following excision of a massive torcular meningioma.
abstract: A massive supratentorial torcular meningioma was completely resected in a 50-year-old woman. On the tenth postoperative day she presented with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. The site of the CSF leak was through the region of the cribriform plate, remote from the site of surgery. The possible cause of the leak and the relationship with the massive meningioma are analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400 012, India. tdnadkarni@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Trimurti D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: Ram Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: Ketan I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods