Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid fistula through the clivus: report of two cases.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 8559315.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
There have been no previous reports of a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid fistula through the clivus. We present two such cases, describe their management, and propose a physiopathological explanation. The pulsating effect of the basilar artery in Patient 1 and brisk increases in intracranial pressure through repeated Valsalva maneuvers, acting on a congenitally thin bone in Patient 2, seem to be the plausible causes for the clival leakage.
Medical subject headings
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea
- Fistula