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Preferred term

Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cerebrospinal Otorrhea
  • Otorrhea, Cerebrospinal

Scope note

  • Discharge of cerebrospinal fluid through the external auditory meatus or through the eustachian tube into the nasopharynx. This is usually associated with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE involving the TEMPORAL BONE;), NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; or other conditions, but may rarely occur spontaneously. (From Am J Otol 1995 Nov;16(6):765-71)

History note

  • 2000(1966)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • aivoselkäydinnesteen vuoto korvasta
  • aivoselkäydinnestevuoto korvasta
  • korvan likvorivuoto
  • korvan likvorvuoto
  • korvan serebrospinaalinestevuoto
  • likvorvuoto korvasta
  • Swedish

  • Läckage av cerebrospinalvätska till örat

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002558

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