evaluating traumatic CSF rhinorrhea. Head-hanging CT: an alternative method for Page 1 of
January 6, 2024. This information is current as evaluating traumatic CSF rhinorrhea. Head-hanging …

Discussion Trauma, including surgery, accounts for 70-80% of CSF rhinomrhea. Dural
teams associated with skull base and sinus fractunes may result in fistulas to the nasal …

When patients present with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea the primary
diagnostic goal is localizing the site of leakage so that an appropriate approach for surgical …

Accurate diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (CSFR) is a challenge for physicians
caring for patients with traumatic brain injury. Failure to recognize this condition may result in …

(CSF) rhinorrhea. The rhinorrhea usually commences within 48 hr of injury, but in some
cases may be delayed for months or even years. One reported case presented 15yr …

Discussion Numerous techniques for the identification of sites of cerebrospinal fluid
rhinorrhea have been reported. Con-ventional films of the base of the skull as well as …

Fifty-one patients with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea were evaluated at the Mayo Clinic from
1974 to 1977. The causes of the leak were fairly evenly distributed among postoperative …

It is imperative to identify the cause of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak due to the major risk of
infectious complications. Mainly the consequence of a skull base or facial trauma, its most …

OCALIZATION of the leakage site in cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea, both
posttraumatic and spontaneous (nontraumatic), is often an arduous and always a …

Although relatively uncommon, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea poses one of the most difficult
diagnostic problems in neurosurgery. Occasionally it is diffi cult to establish whether or not a …