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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Skull Base Metastasis From Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Kim ChangHyun,
Chung SeungKyu,
Dhong HunJong,
Lee JungIl
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/mlg.0b013e3181820171
Subject(s) - medicine , radiosurgery , skull , cerebrospinal fluid , sinus (botany) , rhinorrhea , complication , metastasis , leak , surgery , radiology , pathology , radiation therapy , cancer , botany , biology , genus , environmental engineering , engineering
We report a rare case of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage after radiosurgery for skull base metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. A mass invading the left petrous bone and sphenoid sinus was treated with gamma knife radiosurgery, and CSF rhinorrhea developed 4 months after the procedure. The CSF leak was successfully controlled by endoscopic sinus surgery. CSF leakage may develop as a rare complication after radiosurgery for skull base lesions, and the endoscopic repair technique is a useful therapeutic method.
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