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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
[Spontaneous posterior sphenoid sinus fistula]
F Crozier1, J-L Goubert, P Gobert
1Service de Radiologie, Centre Hospitalier Henri Duffaut, Avignon. Fcrozier@ch-avignon.fr
Abstract
Objective:
Describe a rare localization of spontaneous cerebrospinal fistula.
Case Report:
A 75-year-old women was admitted for bacterial meningitis arising from a sinus infection. She had not experienced facial or head trauma. The CT-scan revealed pneumocephaly and a defect in the posterior part of the sphenoid sinus.
Discussion:
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fistula is uncommon. The exact etiology remains unknown.
