Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea secondary to ecchordosis physaliphora.
Ecchordosis physaliphora is a rare hamartomatous lesion of notochord origin that is usually asymptomatic. In this case report, such a lesion arose at the clivus, with extension through to the sphenoid sinus. As a result, it presented with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorhea, making the case particularly unusual. We describe the treatment for this rare situation and discuss its differentiation from chordoma, its malignant counterpart.
Department of Anatomy, Academic Centre, Henriette Raphael Building, Guy's Campus, King's College, London, United Kingdom.
Adebayo
A
Alli
Matthew
M
Clark
Nicholas J
NJ
Mansell