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Query: UMLS:C0024523 (
malabsorption
)
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Chronic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks associated with skull base fractures are rare but intractable and patients may be subjected to numerous operations. We present a 30-year-old man with a 13-year history of chronic CSF
rhinorrhea
following a cranial trauma. Computed tomography (CT) showed a bone defect in the planum sphenoidale. CT cisternography revealed a leak from the defect and CSF
malabsorption
. The absence of symptoms of CSF
malabsorption
may be attributable to external leakage of excess CSF. After closing the leak via the extended transsphenoidal approach we placed a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for occult hydrocephalus. We discuss the clinical symptoms of chronic CSF leakage and present therapeutic strategies dictated by the mechanisms underlying the leak.
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PMID:Successful treatment of a patient with a 13-year history of post-traumatic rhinorrhea due to malabsorption of cerebrospinal fluid. 1617 73
