Brazilian Neurosurgery (Sep 2023)

Nasal Cerebrospinal Leaks in the Milieu of COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Oleg I. Sharipov,
  • Nadeghda A. Chenikova,
  • Ashraf Abdali,
  • Vishal Chavda,
  • Elizaveta B. Shelesko,
  • Maksim A. Kutin,
  • Olga N. Ershova,
  • Pavel L. Kalinin,
  • Bipin Chaurasia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774742
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 03
pp. e239 – e245

Abstract

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Background The unintentional ingestion of oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the respiratory tract is known as aspiration. Rhinorrhea can cause aspiration pneumonia (cerebrospinal fluid leakage).

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