Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea Secondary to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.

Case Rep Neurol

Department of Medicine, Umm AlQura University, King Abdulla Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Published: November 2019

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure without a mass lesion or ventriculomegaly and normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition. Patients typically present with a headache and visual symptoms and signs. Here, we discuss a rare presentation of spontaneous CSF leak secondary to IIH and mild ophthalmic finding that worsened after the cranial repair of the CSF leak.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6902252PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000503813DOI Listing

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