Rhinorrhoea from a frontal encephalocele after reduction of high intracranial pressure.
Acquired non-traumatic frontal sinus encephaloceles are very rare lesions that are usually caused by a tumour or hydrocephalus. We present a 31-year-old woman with a frontal sinus encephalocele who developed rhinorrhoea after a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to treat her hydrocephalus and underwent radiotherapy for a tectum tumour.
Yilmaz
Cem
C
Department of Neurosurgery, Baskent University, 06490 Ankara, Turkey. cemerimyilmaz@gmail.com
Gulsen
Salih
S
Altinors
Nur
N
Caner
Hakan
H
D000328:Adult; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003399:Craniotomy; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D020546:Fourth Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000473:pathology; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology