Idiopathic spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea and pneumocephalus: Case report and literature review

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Roberts, G A ^a,b   Foy, P M ^a   Bolger, C ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

CSF rhinorrhoea; Idiopathic; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SPHENOID SINUS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029807134     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699647195     Document Type: Article

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