Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea with meningitis secondary to ecchordosis physaliphora.
transsphenoidal surgery
Ecchordosis physaliphora
cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea
meningitis
Journal
British journal of neurosurgery
ISSN: 1360-046X
Titre abrégé: Br J Neurosurg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8800054
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
24
6
2017
medline:
30
4
2019
entrez:
23
6
2017
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Transclival CSF fistulae are rare. We report a 40-year-old female who presented with meningitis after a short history of CSF rhinorrhoea. The defect resulted from the rare notochordal remnant, ecchordosis physaliphora (EP), and was successfully resected and repaired endoscopically.
Identifiants
pubmed: 28637117
doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1297766
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Video-Audio Media
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM