Pseudoepiphora from cerebrospinal fluid leak: case report.
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 70 (8) , 570-574
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.70.8.570
Abstract
A 4-year-old tearing child with obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct was treated with dacryocystorhinostomy three years after naso-orbital injury. However, what appeared to be tearing peristed, and meningitis developed. Coronal CT scans demonstrated traumatic encephalocoele of the posterior superior orbital roof. A chronic orbital cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak was diagnosed. To our knowledge no case of chronic CSF leak has been reported that stimulated tearing in an otherwise asymptomatic child. In the tearing patient who has a naso-orbital fracture the possibility of chronic CSF leak should be considered.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
- Traumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistula simulating tearsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1978
- Unfamiliar Swelling After Head TraumaClinical Pediatrics, 1974
- Traumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistulas in childrenJournal of Neurosurgery, 1973
- Fistula detection in cerebrospinal fluid leakageJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1972
- Isotope Cisternography in the Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Cerebrospinal Fluid RhinorrheaJournal of Neurosurgery, 1968
- Diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: Lack of specificity of the glucose oxidase test tapeThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1967
- Treatment of Basal Skull Fractures With and Without Cerebrospinal Fluid FistulaeJournal of Neurosurgery, 1967
- Naso-Orbital Fractures and Traumatic Deformities of the Medial CanthusPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1966
- The Reaction of Glucose-Oxidase Test Paper in Normal Nasal SecretionActa Oto-Laryngologica, 1964
- Complex fractures of the middle third of the face and their early treatmentBritish Journal of Surgery, 1953