Cerebrospinal fluid fistulas after iliosacral screw removal in post-traumatic pseudomeningocele

Post-traumatic intradiploic pseudomeningocele.

We report a four year old boy who was detected to have an occipital intradiploic pseudomeningocele three years following a traumatic skull fracture, and which was managed by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt placement. Traumatic intradiploic pseudomeningoceles behave differently from traditional growing skull fractures and may require individualized management decisions.

Traumatic cerebrospinal fluid leaks.

This article discusses the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of traumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. An overview of traumatic CSF leaks is presented, and both conservative and operative therapies are reviewed. Management decisions are discussed based on the current literature. Controversial clinical topics are addressed, including the use of prophylactic antibiotics and the timing o...

[Cerebrospinal fluid fistulas following glass-splinter injuries].

Non-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea.

There is a certain degree of confusion in the literature concerning nasal leakage of cerebrospinal fluid when trauma is not the cause. The term 'spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea' has been used more or less consistently to describe such cases since 1899. Although isolated observations had been made earlier, it was the monograph by St. Clair Thomson (1899) that first clearly described ...

[Endoscopic management of cerebrospinal fluid fistulas and clinic outcomes].

OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic repair of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2005 and December 2012, 10 patients (7 females, 3 males; mean age 36.1 years; range 1 to 52 years) who were diagnosed with CSF fistulas in Kocaeli University, Faculty of Medicine, Ear Nose and Throat Clinic were retrospectively analyzed. Complain...