Recurrent meningitis caused by idiopathic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea from the sphenoid sinus

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 11:2018:bcr2017222296. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222296.

Authors

Motoki Hirabayashi¹, Kazuhiro Omura^{2

3}, Nobuyoshi Otori², Yasuhiro Tanaka³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: coma and raised intracranial pressure; ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology; meningitis; primary care.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / complications*
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Meningitis / etiology*
Meningitis / pathology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / complications*
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Recurrence
Sphenoid Sinus / diagnostic imaging*