Rhinorrhoea from a frontal encephalocele after reduction of high intracranial pressure.

Abstract

Acquired non-traumatic frontal sinus encephaloceles are very rare lesions that are usually caused by a tumour or hydrocephalus. We present a 31-year-old woman with a frontal sinus encephalocele who developed rhinorrhoea after a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to treat her hydrocephalus and underwent radiotherapy for a tectum tumour.

• Authors: Cem Yilmaz, Salih Gulsen, Nur Altinors, Hakan Caner
• Journal: Acta neurochirurgica (Acta Neurochir (Wien)) Vol. 150 Issue 12 Pg. 1307-8 (Dec 2008) ISSN: 0942-0940 [Electronic] Austria
• PMID: 19015807 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Brain Stem Neoplasms (complications, diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure (physiology)
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea (etiology, pathology, physiopathology)
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts (adverse effects)
• Craniotomy
• Dura Mater (pathology, surgery)
• Encephalocele (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
• Female
• Fourth Ventricle (pathology, physiopathology)
• Frontal Sinus (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Headache (etiology)
• Humans
• Hydrocephalus (complications, pathology, physiopathology)
• Intracranial Hypertension (complications, pathology, physiopathology)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neurosurgical Procedures (adverse effects)
• Plastic Surgery Procedures
• Superior Colliculi (pathology)
• Third Ventricle (pathology, physiopathology)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome
• Vision, Low (etiology)