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Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and hydrocephalus due to gliosis of the cerebral aqueduct. Report of a case

A case of late hydrocephalus due to gliosis of the cerebral aqueduct, complicated with cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, is reported. The fistula was formed by a large communication between the very dilated 3rd ventricle and the sphenoidal sinus, in consequence to a erosin of the sellar floor. The patient was operated on and the fistula satisfactority blocked; previously was made a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to avoid the recurrence of the ventricular hypertension.


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