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Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea secondary to amyloidosis of the sphenoid sinus
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Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea secondary to amyloidosis of the sphenoid sinus
Med J Malaysia.
2008 Oct.
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Abstract
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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