Idiopathic diffuse erosion of the skull base presenting as cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 679-681

  Conboy, P J ^a   Johnson, J M ^a   Jaspan, T ^a   Jones, N S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea; Encephalocoele; Paranasal sinuses; Skull

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EROSION; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; RHINORRHEA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031821490     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100141441     Document Type: Article

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