Ruptured Maxillary Retention Cyst: Cause of Unilateral Rhinorrhea after Trauma

This study describes a case of a patient with traumatic rupture of a maxillary sinus retention cyst, which had an interesting clinical presentation of unilateral rhinorrhea, mimicking a CSF leak. The diagnosis was made fortuitously by comparison of a posttraumatic CT brain examination with a CT sinu...

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Published in:American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR 2009-06, Vol.30 (6), p.1121-1122
Main Authors: Hoang, J.K, Smith, E.C, Barboriak, D.P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea - diagnostic imaging
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea - etiology
Craniocerebral Trauma - complications
Craniocerebral Trauma - diagnostic imaging
Cysts - diagnostic imaging
Cysts - etiology
Female
Head & Neck
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Maxillary Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Maxillary Diseases - etiology
Medical sciences
Nervous system
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Radiography
Rupture - complications
Rupture - diagnostic imaging
Young Adult
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Summary:This study describes a case of a patient with traumatic rupture of a maxillary sinus retention cyst, which had an interesting clinical presentation of unilateral rhinorrhea, mimicking a CSF leak. The diagnosis was made fortuitously by comparison of a posttraumatic CT brain examination with a CT sinus study performed 1 day earlier.
ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X
DOI:10.3174/ajnr.A1457