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Neurocirugia (Astur) ; 26(6): 292-5, 2015.
Article in Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25863887

ABSTRACT

The most common site of CSF leakage is the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, and less commonly in the sphenoid sinus. Only 3-4% of CSF fistulas are spontaneous. The fourth case is presented of a CSF rhinorrhea due to a transclival meningocele, an extremely rare location for these lesions, and the surgical approach. The patient is a 39-year-old male with no history of trauma, and a recent history of watery rhinorrhe and meningitis. CT scan and MRI showed clival bone defect and trans-sphenoidal transclival meningocele. The defect was repaired by transclival trans-sphenoidal endoscopic endonasal approach with good results. Despite the rarity of transclival meningocele, it is recommended to consider it in the differential diagnosis of spontaneous nasal fistulas. The endoscopic endonasal approach is a direct technique that provides satisfactory results in the resolution of CSF rhinorrhea.


Subject(s)
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea/etiology , Meningocele/complications , Adult , Cranial Fossa, Posterior , Humans , Male
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Childs Nerv Syst ; 30(6): 1125-8, 2014 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24337616

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Chronic traumatic pseudomeningocele (PM) is a rare complication of gunshot injuries of the craniocervical junction in pediatric patients. Impairment of the CSF dynamics may cause severe symptoms and should be treated. METHODS: We report the case of a 6-year-old girl who was accidentally shot in the neck during tribal clashes. On being admitted, she was neurologically intact with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage through the wounds. She underwent primary closure of the wounds in a rural medical facility. After two episodes of meningitis, CSF leakage resolved spontaneously. Nine months later, the patient was presented with a disfiguring mass growing in the posterior neck, severe headaches, and constitutional symptoms such as loss of appetite and a failure to thrive. RESULTS: Neurosurgical intervention was performed with the patient in the prone position. Occipital pericranium graft was used to repair the defect, and the cavity of the PM was obliterated with muscle layers. The patient's symptoms improved at 1 year follow-up without PM recurrence. CONCLUSION: This is a rare presentation of gunshot injuries in an environment with limited neurosurgical resources. Restoring the normal pattern of CSF circulation should be the aim of any neurosurgical intervention.


Subject(s)
Encephalocele/surgery , Meningocele/surgery , Neurosurgical Procedures/methods , Child , Encephalocele/etiology , Female , Humans , Meningocele/etiology , Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed , Wounds, Gunshot/complications
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Neurocirugía (Soc. Luso-Esp. Neurocir.) ; 26(6): 292-295, nov.-dic. 2015. ilus
Article in Spanish | IBECS (Spain) | ID: ibc-144954

ABSTRACT

El lugar más común de fístulas de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) es el suelo de la fosa craneal anterior, menos comúnmente el seno esfenoidal. Solo el 3-4% de fístulas de LCR son espontáneas. Nosotros presentamos el cuarto caso clínico de rinorraquia secundaria a meningocele transclival, lugar muy poco común de asiento de estas lesiones, y discutimos la vía de abordaje. Varón de 39años, sin antecedentes de traumatismo previo, historia reciente de salida de líquido transparente a través de las ventanas nasales y cuadro de meningitis. La tomografía computarizada y la resonancia magnética mostraron el defecto óseo clival y meningocele transclival. El defecto fue reparado mediante abordaje endonasal endoscópico transesfenoidal transclival con resultado favorable. A pesar de la rareza del meningocele transclival, se recomienda considerarlo en el diagnóstico diferencial de las fístulas nasales espontáneas. El abordaje endonasal endoscópico es una técnica directa que ofrece resultados satisfactorios en la resolución de rinorrea de LCR


The most common site of CSF leakage is the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, and less commonly in the sphenoid sinus. Only 3-4% of CSF fistulas are spontaneous. The fourth case is presented of a CSF rhinorrhea due to a transclival meningocele, an extremely rare location for these lesions, and the surgical approach. The patient is a 39-year-old male with no history of trauma, and a recent history of watery rhinorrhe and meningitis. CT scan and MRI showed clival bone defect and trans-sphenoidal transclival meningocele. The defect was repaired by transclival trans-sphenoidal endoscopic endonasal approach with good results. Despite the rarity of transclival meningocele, it is recommended to consider it in the differential diagnosis of spontaneous nasal fistulas. The endoscopic endonasal approach is a direct technique that provides satisfactory results in the resolution of CSF rhinorrhea


Subject(s)
Adult , Humans , Male , Meningocele/drug therapy , Meningocele/surgery , Meningocele , Meningitis/complications , Meningitis , Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea/drug therapy , Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea/surgery , Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea , Fistula/complications , Fistula/surgery , Nasal Cavity/pathology , Nasal Cavity/surgery , Nasal Cavity , Endoscopy , Cysts/surgery , Cysts , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
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16 de abril ; (216)2004.
Article in Spanish | CUMED | ID: cum-33207

ABSTRACT

La Hidrocefalia con Presión Normal (HPN) es un síndrome que cursa con alteraciones de la marcha, demencia y alteraciones esfinterianas. Fisiopatológicamente se cree que se debe a una obstrucción del flujo normal del Líquido Céfalo Raquídeo (LCR) sobre la convexidad cerebral y a un trastorno de su absorción hacia el sistema venoso (1). La naturaleza indolente del trastorno provoca un agrandamiento de los ventrículos laterales, aunque con un aumento relativamente pequeño de la presión del LCR. Algunos pacientes con HPN tienen antecedentes de procesos que pueden producir una cicatrización de las meninges de la base del cerebro (bloqueando el flujo del LCR hacia arriba), como meningitis, hemorragias subaracnoideas, traumatismos craneales posteriores (1), o intervenciones quirúrgicas intracraneales o espinales (2). Actualmente el tratamiento es quirúrgico y consiste en la ejecución de una Derivación Ventricular. Con la presentación de este paciente se pretende ejemplificar la relación existente entre los trastornos cerebrales y la aparición de síntomas psiquiátricos, además de la importancia que tiene para el médico general básico poder identificar y diagnosticar este tipo de trastorno, con el fin de realizar una oportuna remisión y tratamiento precoz para evitar complicaciones(AU)


Subject(s)
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
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