Open AccessA 17-years-old girl presenting with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea diagnosed as aqueductal stenosis: A case report
Author(s) -
Umma Salma,
Mohammad Abdus Sattar Sarker,
Abed Hossain Khan,
Nahida Zafrin,
Mmh Chowdhury
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bangabandhu sheikh mujib medical university journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7750
pISSN - 2074-2908
DOI - 10.3329/bsmmuj.v7i2.29449
Subject(s) - medicine , aqueductal stenosis , rhinorrhea , cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , stenosis , etiology , shunt (medical) , hydrocephalus , radiology
A 17-year-old girl presented with chronic headache and spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea. She had no history of head trauma. MRI of her brain showed aqueductal stenosis associated with triventriculomegaly with partially empty sella. Following insertion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt, her headache and CSF rhinorrhea completely recovered. Though very uncommon but aqueductal stenosis should be kept as a differential diagnosis for etiology of chronic CSF rhinorrhea.