Meningoencephalocele as a rare cause of cerebrospinal fluid fistula during dacryocystorhinostomy.
A meningoencephalocele is a herniation of meninges and brain out of the cranial fossa through a bony defect. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage may occur due to a defect in the wall of the meningoencephalocele. The defect may be traumatic, iatrogenic, or may appear spontaneously. In this report, the authors present an unrecognized transethmoidal meningoencephalocele that resulted in a cerebrospinal fluid leak during dacryocystorhinostomy.
First ENT Clinic, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. yfyilmaz@gmail.com
Yavuz Fuat
YF
Yilmaz
Muge
M
Ozcan
Ali
A
Titiz
Adnan
A
Unal
D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D003608:Dacryocystorhinostomy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D019291:Skull Base / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D000086:Acetazolamide; D013407:Sulbactam