Atypical etiology of rhinorrhea: spontaneous bilateral temporal encephalocele].

Asís Lorente Muñoz, María Pilar Lisbona Alquézar, Luis González Martínez, Jorge Sevil Navarro, Eva María Llorente Arenas

Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España. asislm@hotmail.com

Acta otorrinolaringológica española 2012 May-Jun

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Spontaneous herniation of brain parenchyma through a dural and osseous defect in the temporal bone is a rare entity and a bilateral form is even more infrequent. It usually presents as an intermittent but persistent otorrhea. Manifestation as nose cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is very uncommon. Our objective is presenting this unusual case report of a spontaneous bilateral encephalocele with a bilateral tegmen tympani defect. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.

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Asís Lorente Muñoz, María Pilar Lisbona Alquézar, Luis González Martínez, Jorge Sevil Navarro, Eva María Llorente Arenas. Atypical etiology of rhinorrhea: spontaneous bilateral temporal encephalocele]. Acta otorrinolaringológica española. 2012 May-Jun;63(3):237-40