Canalis basalis medianus with cerebrospinal fluid leak: rare presentation and literature review

Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Aug;33(4):432-433. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2017.1346173. Epub 2017 Jun 29.

Abstract

Canalis Basalis Medianus is a rare congenital normal anatomically variant of the clivus .We report a very rare case of cerebrospinal fluid leak from a canalis basilaris medianus in a 22-year-old male, who presented to our hospital with frontal headache and running nose two weeks after an elective septoplasty.

Keywords: CSF leak; Surgical management; meningitis; neuroanatomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / etiology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / surgery
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / abnormalities*
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Neuroendoscopy / methods
  • Nose
  • Pneumocephalus / complications
  • Pneumocephalus / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult