Chronic and Delayed Traumatic Cerebrospinal Rhinorrhea as a Source of Recurrent Attacks of Meningitis
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Spontaneous recovery of post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea following meningitis: A case report.
The aim of the present report was to present the patient with an anterior cranial base fracture who developed post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, which recovered after onset of meningitis complication. A 26-year-old male patient who had a traffic accident one week ago was sent to our clinic because of his rhinorrhea persisting for 4 days. On cranial computed tomography, fracture of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195704000-00008