A 56-year-old man underwent a septoplasty 20 years ago; however, one month prior to hospitalization he got a bad cold and cough, followed by a watery rhinorrhea. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a defect in the right planum sphenoidale. After admission, with the typical clinic symptoms, the history of septoplasty and imageology evidence, the patient was diagnosed as delayed CSF rhinorrhea, ...

We compared the frequency of rhinorrhea between 34 Parkinson's disease (PD) subjects and 15 normal controls (NC) and explored relationships between rhinorrhea and clinical functions, and degree of nigrostriatal dopaminergic denervation using [(11)C]dihydrotetrabenazine (DTBZ) brain positron emission tomography imaging. Sixty-eight percent (23 of 34) of PD subjects reported rhinorrhea of any cau...

AIM To deal with postoperative CSF rhinorrhea, we developed a new technique using titanium/aneurysm clips to envelope the diaphragm defect to avoid postoperative CSF rhinorrhea. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 2007 through December 2010, we used a new technique of clipping diaphragm defects to prevent CSF rhinorrhea in 57 of 510 patients (group 1) who underwent transsphenoidal surgery. The ...

Objective and importance: Cerebral supra or infratentorial tumors associated with chronic intracranial hypertension and hydrocephalus may rarely generate spontaneous, non-traumatic rhinorrhea. We report one case of this rare condition with a giant atypical left posterior fossa meningioma and right nostril rhinorrhea. Clinical presentation: A 55-years-old woman was admitted for a 16-year history...

Cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea due to clival fracture are rare. We present a case of bacterial meningitis with CSF rhinorrhea after a clival fracture. Heavily T2-weighted images showed a bone flap in the thinned clivus and fluid collection in the sphenoid sinus. CSF rhinorrhea developed at 1 month after mild trauma. The fracture may have been caused by the trauma and/or by the pr...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage may occur in patients with normal or increased intracranial pressure (ICP). We describe herein spontaneous CSF leakage as a result of chronic increased ICP in 4 patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Although rhinorrhea previously has been described in IIH patients, to our knowledge this is the first report of otorrhea ...

Introduction: Endoscopic repair is considered the treatment of choice in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. The aim of our study was to analyze the etiopathogenesis of CSF rhinorrhea, the outcome of treatment and the causes of failure in a developing-country setting.   Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of patients treated with endoscopic repair for CSF rhinorrhea at a tertiary ca...

Objective: To determine the frequency of early post-traumatic CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) rhinorrhea in patients with head trauma. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted Department Neurosurgery, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi from 13th December 2019 to 12th 2020. This comprised 155 who had suffered All were followed for one week. If developed clear, watery discharge...