Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea secondary to small tumor invasion into the superior sagittal sinus - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 877-879

  Tanaka, Kimito ^a,b   Waga, Shiro ^a   Kojima, Tadashi ^a   Sakaida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI MATSUSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empty sella; Increased intracranial pressure; Papilledema; Parasagittal meningioma; Rhinorrhea; Superior sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; EMPTY SELLA SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030465051     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.877     Document Type: Article

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