Repair of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea from Defect of Middle Cranial Fossa
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Repair of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea from Defect of Middle Cranial Fossa
Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea is defined as CSF otorrhea where there are no identifiable causes including previous trauma, surgery, infection, neoplasm or congenital anomaly. The condition is rare. The origin of CSF leak is commonly a defect in the tegmen of the middle cranial fossa. The pathophysiology of spontaneous CSF otorrhea is unclear. Two theories of the etiology of bon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Audiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2092-9862,2093-3797
DOI: 10.7874/kja.2013.17.3.148