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Cerebrospinal fluid leaks are classified into two distinct disorders: cranial leaks, and spinal leaks. [10] [11] Where there has been no preceding surgery or medical procedure that may have caused a CSF leak it is called a spontaneous CSF leak (sCSF leak).
Targeted EBP is performed under real-time fluoroscopy if the location of the CSF leak is known. [9] This fluoroscopic approach is standard, [15] but with cases of SIH two-site blind injection has similar outcomes. No randomized clinical trials have been conducted for this due to the rarity of SIH. [1] CT scanning can also be used. [9]
Traumatic CSF rhinorrhoea is the most common type of CSF rhinorrhoea. [1] It may be due to severe head injury, or from complications from neurosurgery. [1] Spontaneous CSF rhinorrhoea is the most common acquired defect in the skull base bones (anterior cranial fossa) causing spontaneous nasal liquorrhea.
A headache that is persistent despite a long period of bedrest and occurs only when sitting up may be indicative of a CSF leak from the lumbar puncture site. It can be treated by more bedrest, or by an epidural blood patch , where the person's own blood is injected back into the site of leakage to cause a clot to form and seal off the leak.
Surgery may be performed to seal a CSF leak that does not stop, to relieve pressure on a cranial nerve or repair injury to a blood vessel. [1] Prophylactic antibiotics do not provide a clinical benefit in preventing meningitis. [2] [3] A basilar skull fracture occurs in about 12% of people with a severe head injury. [1]
The arachnoid mater is torn and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the subarachnoid space accumulates in the subdural space. Hygromas also push the subarachnoid vessels away from the inner table of the skull. [2] Subdural hygroma can appear in the first day, but the mean time of appearance is 9 days on CT scan.
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CSF can leak from the dura as a result of different causes such as physical trauma or a lumbar puncture, or from no known cause when it is termed a spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak. [34] It is usually associated with intracranial hypotension : low CSF pressure. [ 33 ]