Intraethmoidal encephalomeningocele presenting with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea in an elderly man....

The case of a 63-year-old patient with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from a intraethmoidal encephalomeningocele is presented. The patient was asymptomatic until the old age. The preoperative coronal CT-scan and the preoperative and postoperative MRI are shown. The rarity of this onset in an elderly man and the surgical indications of this disease are debated.