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
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Case Reports
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Review
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Video-Audio Media
MeSH terms
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / etiology*
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak / surgery
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Cranial Fossa, Posterior / abnormalities*
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Cranial Fossa, Posterior / surgery
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Multimodal Imaging
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Neuroendoscopy / methods
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Nose
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Pneumocephalus / complications
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Pneumocephalus / surgery
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
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Young Adult