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Idiopathic diffuse erosion of the skull base presenting as cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea
P J Conboy1, I J Johnson, T Jaspan
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|October 17, 1998
Abstract:
We present an unusual case of generalized erosion of the skull base. We have not found a similar case reported in the world literature. The presenting symptom was spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea which arose from a bony defect associated with herniation of the right temporal lobe into the sphenoid sinus. We discuss the management of such a case including imaging of the skull base and the endoscopic repair of the bony defect.