Cerebro-spinal fluid rhinorrhea in empty sella

Obrador, S; Roda, J. E.; Gomez-Bueno, J.

doi:10.1007/bf01407074

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“…CSF rhinorrhea in association with the empty sella syndrome is rare. The 'primary empty sel la' syndrome has been reported primarily in middle-aged, obese, multiparous women, with headaches as the chief complaint, often relieved by the leak [12]. They usually have normal pituitary function, normal visual fields and undetectable adenohypophysial hormone concentrations in the CSF [13], The evaluation of a patient with sus pected nontraumatic CSF rhinorrhea includes first estab lishing that there is a CSF leak, and then finding the site of the leak.…”

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Empty Sella Syndrome, Diagnosed as Allergic Rhinitis

Gonianakis¹,

Segas²,

Kontou-Fili³

et al. 1992

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Unilateral cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea as the only manifestation of the primary empty sella syndrome is a rare event. A case of a middle-aged male patient complaining for intermittent unilateral rhinorrhea, which started 5 months earlier, is reported. The persistence of this state was attributed to an allergic rhinitis. The initial work-up excluded the above diagnosis and an erroneous radiological diagnosis led to a puncture of the left maxillary sinus. A lateral X-ray of the skull and CT scan led to the diagnosis of empty sella syndrome, possibly due to an adenoma or a meningocele.

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confidence: 99%