Kim Hyoung Sub, Hur Jin Woo, Lee Jong Won, Lee Hyun Koo
Department of Neurosurgery, Cheongju St. Mary's Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2007 Nov;42(5):403-5. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2007.42.5.403. Epub 2007 Nov 20.
Most posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is noticed by the patients with the first symptom, rhinorrhea. A 38-year-old woman presented with frequent clear continuous rhinorrhea and otorrhea for 5 years after basilar skull fracture. After this, meningitis was developed with subsequent CSF fistula. Her clinical symptom was improved by medical treatment. The dural defect and CSF leakage were not detected by computerized tomography (CT) cisternography. We report a rare case of persistent posttraumatic CSF fistula that continued for five years.
大多数创伤后脑脊液(CSF)漏是由患者以首发症状鼻漏发现的。一名38岁女性在颅底骨折后5年出现频繁的清亮持续性鼻漏和耳漏。此后,发生脑膜炎并继发脑脊液瘘。经药物治疗,她的临床症状有所改善。计算机断层扫描(CT)脑池造影未发现硬脑膜缺损和脑脊液漏。我们报告一例罕见的创伤后持续性脑脊液瘘持续5年的病例。