ALLMedicine™ Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Center

Dec 3rd, 2022 - The occurrence of an isolated schwannoma in the olfactory groove is extremely rare. We herein present 2 cases of schwannomas in the olfactory groove that were treated with endoscopic excision. In these 2 cases, the tumor originated in the cribrifo...

Nov 22nd, 2022 - A defect in the skull base can result in leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) out of the subarachnoid space into the sinonasal cavities, termed CSF rhinorrhea. Patients presenting with CSF rhinorrhea often require surgical repair, typically perfor...

Nov 12th, 2022 - Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea requires proper management to avoid disastrous consequences. The objectives of this study were to ascertain the patient characteristics, etiologies, sites of defect, skull base configurations, methods of invest...

Oct 7th, 2022 - Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is frequently encountered after a fracture of the skull base. Individual fractures of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus after brain injury are uncommon. The authors present a case of a 33-year-old man with a di...

Sep 21st, 2022 - To assess the diagnostic efficacy of various imaging methods in patients with suspected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. The PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Cochrane Trials, and Google Scholar databases were searched up to December 20...

Oct 26th, 2020 - The association between spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak/rhinorrhea and idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) has been increasingly recognized over the last years. However, considerable variability of opinion regarding the assessmen...

Apr 20th, 2022 - BACKGROUND AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE Over the past decade, the surgical method for removing pituitary tumors has shifted from a microscopic resection technique performed exclusively by a neurosurgeon, to an endoscopic resection done as a team with...

May 4th, 2017 - Sinus surgery is a common procedure in rhinology for the treatment of chronic inflammation, tumors and other pathologies. These procedures are performed in the immediate vicinity of the skull base. The risk of injuring the membranes covering the b...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is a serious and potentially fatal condition because of an increased risk of meningitis and brain abscess. Approximately 80% of all cases occur in patients with head injuries and cr...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract Introduction Basal encephalocele is rare in adults. Congenital and acquired cases have been reported with regard to the developmental mechanism, and the pathology has not been elucidated in detail. Case presentat...