Literature DB >> 11272038

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and pneumocephalus following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy.

H Ellamushi1, J R Hussein, W Harkness.   

Abstract

A 30-year-old female presented with headache, CSF rhinorrhoea, mild right facial weakness, 2 months following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. CT revealed marked intraventricular pneumocephalus with breached air cells in the pneumatized lower part of temporal bone. The dural and bony defects repaired successfully with complete resolution of the pneumocephalus.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 11272038     DOI: 10.1080/02688690050206729

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Br J Neurosurg        ISSN: 0268-8697            Impact factor:   1.596


  2 in total

Review 1.  [Management and causes of pneumocephalus. Case report and review of the literature].

Authors:  K Glatz; C Berger; S Schwab
Journal:  Nervenarzt       Date:  2005-12       Impact factor: 1.214

2.  Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea with pneumocephalus: an unusual manifestation of nasal tuberculosis.

Authors:  Waqas Wahid Baig; Mudugundur Vishwareshaya Nagaraja; Muralidhar Varma
Journal:  Korean J Intern Med       Date:  2012-09-01       Impact factor: 2.884

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