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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 18;13(8):e17277.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.17277. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Zipline Into a Case of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea

Shahan Haseeb  1 , Syed A Bokhari  1 , Muhammad Umer Riaz Gondal  1 , Hadia Wali  2 , Shayan S Ansari  2
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Zipline Into a Case of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea

Shahan Haseeb et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is an uncommon phenomenon. One of the complications associated with CSF rhinorrhea is meningitis, which is associated with high mortality. Therefore, the prompt diagnosis of CSF rhinorrhea is essential. We present a case of a patient, who after zip-lining, developed CSF rhinorrhea. She had no history of trauma and none of the conventional comorbidities associated with spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea. She was diagnosed with the help of radiological studies and biochemical tests. Our case is unique as there are no published case reports of spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea occurring after atraumatic zip-lining.

Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid (csf); csf leakage; spontaneous csf rhinorrhea; traumatic csf leak; zip line.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. MRI (FIESTA sequence) coronal view.
Asymmetric accentuated linear tract (arrow) visible in T2-weighted (left) and SSFP sequence (right) window. FIESTA, fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition; SSFP, steady-state free precession.
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