Ruptured maxillary retention cyst: cause of unilateral rhinorrhea after trauma.
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This study describes a case of a patient with traumatic rupture of a maxillary sinus retention cyst, which had an interesting clinical presentation of unilateral rhinorrhea, mimicking a CSF leak. The diagnosis was made fortuitously by comparison of a posttraumatic CT brain examination with a CT sinus study performed 1 day earlier.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 30 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009