Open AccessCerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea - An overview
Author(s) -
Adeyi A Adoga
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v18i3.51163
Subject(s) - rhinorrhea , cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea , medicine , etiology , craniofacial , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , fistula , accidental , modalities , pathology , psychiatry , social science , physics , sociology , acoustics
The commonest cause of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is trauma, especially craniofacial trauma: iatrogenic or accidental. This paper presents the clinical features, investigative techniques (most of which are not yet in common use in our environment) and finally, the current treatment modalities of this clinical entity.