Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: A case report and analysis.

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Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: A case report and analysis.

Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Feb;97(5):e9758

Authors: Chen GY, Ma L, Xu ML, Zhang JN, He ZD, He CY, Zhao CH, Fu C, Li M, Gao YF

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage is usually caused by developmental abnormalities and is rare, accounting for approximately 5% of the cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. To the best of our knowledge, clival dysplasia-caused CSF rhinorrhea has never been reported in the neurosurgical field.
CONCLUSION: Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is often treated by surgery, and a transsphenoidal approach repair is the main surgical method used, offering the advantages of less trauma, fewer complications, rapid postoperative recovery, and low recurrence rate.

PMID: 29384861 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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