Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea secondary to amyloidosis of the sphenoid sinus
Ali, E.A.; Philip, R.; Prepageran, N.; Peh, S.C.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 63(4): 341-342
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 19385501 Document Number: 622143
Amyloidosis of the skull base is a rare entity. A patient with localized amyloidosis of the sphenoid sinus presented at our institution with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea. Endoscopic excision of the lesion and multilayered obliteration of the sphenoid sinus resolved the symptoms.
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