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Idiopathic CSF rhinorrhoea presenting with tension pneumocephalus and hemiparesis
R P Hogg1, H Pillay, R Mitchell
1Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, U.K. richard.hogg@virgin.net
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 17, 1998
Abstract:
A case of non-traumatic/non-iatrogenic CSF rhinorrhoea, presenting with tension pneumocephalus and hemiparesis is described. The possible pathological processes involved in this rare case are discussed. Cases in the literature of idiopathic CSF rhinorrhoea and also those of spontaneous pneumocephalus are reviewed.