A spinal fluid leak happens when cerebrospinal fluid leaks through a tear or hole in the tissue that surrounds your brain. Some symptoms of a spinal fluid leak are a headache, meningitis,ringing in your ears, cerebrospinal fluid that leaks from your nose, or vision problems. What happens if ...
Petrous bone pneumatization may be related to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak secondary to vestibular schwannoma surgery.To assess the association between petrous bone pneumatization and CSF leak in vestibular schwannoma surgery.A retrospective study included 222 consecutive vestibular schwannoma patients ...
in CSF. This test may be done if it is suspected that trauma to the central nervous system has caused a leak of CSF from the central nervous system. A sample of fluid leaking from the nose or ears is collected and tested. A positive test for beta-2 transferrin means the fluid is CSF...
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is the escape of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It occurs when there is a tear or hole in the dura mater, the meninges' outermost layer that protects the central nervous system, communicating the subarachnoid space and other spaces via meningeal...
CSF, cerebrospinal fluid. Three different strategies for interpreting the diagnostic test kit results were evaluated. In the first method, the gray zone results were interpreted as negative. For the second strategy, the gray zone results were interpreted as being positive. Lastly, in the third stra...
CSF means cerebrospinal fluid. It is a clear, colorless fluid that is found only in the subarachnoid spaces that surrounds the brain and spine, and brain ventricles. What happens if a CSF leak is not treated? If a cerebrospinal fluid leak is not treated, a person can have chronic headaches...
a membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord, there is a leak of the cerebrospinal fluid, causing a drop in pressure. This tear to the dura mater may occur because of an injury, such as a head injury, or as a complication of a treatment or diagnostic test, such as a lumbar punct...
The rational use of CT and Beta-2 transferrin assay in detection of cerebrospi- nal fluid fistula. Asian J Surg 27:39-42, 2004Chan DT, Poon WS, Ip CP, Chiu PW, Goh KY. How useful is glucose detection in diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid leak? The rational use of CT and Beta-2 ...
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is a serious condition which if untreated may lead to meningitis. Detection of the leak site at surgery may be difficult without prior accurate radiological localization of the leak and at times repeat operation has been required. Clinical and radiological localizat...
Oropharyngeal CSF Leak Secondary to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion The examination results of LDH, CK and LA between the two groups: The examination results of the cerebrospinal fluid demonstrated that, the LDH concentration of the tubercular meningitis group was the highest, the CK concentra...