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ArticleCureus2022

Spontaneous Cerebro-Spinal Fluid Rhinorrhoea Caused by Sustained Intracranial Hypertension.

Moataz Younis, Mohammed Adly, Mohamed Yousry, Adel Zahran, Amr Elmoheen

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Moataz YounisEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Mohammed AdlyEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Mohamed YousryEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Adel ZahranEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Amr ElmoheenEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) leakage results from a defect in the skull base, which communicates the subarachnoid space with the nasal cavity. The most common cause of CSF leakage is traumatic, and non-traumatic causes are less common. This case report illustrates a case of a woman who presented to the emergency department with clear fluid pouring from her nose for three weeks with a fever. The patient had pneumococcal meningitis and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (ICH) seven years ago. Computed Tomography (CT) sinuses showed the defect seen on the right side of the cribriform plate, and the Magnetic Resonant Imaging (MRI) confirmed the CSF leakage. The CSF leakage was diagnosed by positive B transferrin.  This case highlights a rare condition that needs early detection and treatment to prevent complications such as ascending meningitis.

Indexed as

cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrheacsf leakageidiopathic intracranial hypertension (iih)spontaneous csf leakspontaneous csf rhinorrhea

Identifiers

PMID35637816
PMCPMC9129057

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