Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea from a Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage is usually caused by developmental abnormalities and is rare, accounting for approximately 5% of the cases of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. To the best of our knowledge, clival dysplasia-caused CSF rhinorrhea has never been reported in the neurosurgical field. CONCLUSION Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is often treated by su...

A FSH-Secreting Pituitary Macroadenoma Causing A Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: a clinical and anatomical study.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Spontaneous nasal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula represents a rare clinical entity. The possible etiology and the localization of the rhinorrhea remain an ongoing clinical challenge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the localization of spontaneous CSF fistula and to correlate it with anatomical studies. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical study, prospective a...

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: A case report and analysis: Erratum

[1] In the article, “Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: A case report and analysis” , which appears in Volume 97, Issue 5 of Medicine, the hospital name for the affiliations appears incorrectly and the affiliations should appear as: First Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, China-Japan United Hospital of Jilin Universit...

Prolactin secreting pituitary carcinoma.

A man with a prolactin secreting pituitary carcinoma was treated by surgery and radiotherapy. Persistent hyperprolactinaemia partially responded to oral bromocriptine for four years. Serum prolactin then rose considerably with rapid, invasive tumour recurrence. Cytotoxic chemotherapy halted tumour progression for twelve months before fatal spread throughout the brain. Failure to normalise serum...