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Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea secondary to amyloidosis of the sphenoid sinus

Ali EA 1 , Philip R , Prepageran N , Peh SC

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  • 1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2008 Oct;63(4):341-2.
PMID: 19385501 MyJurnal

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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