cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea


rhinorrhea

 [ri″no-re´ah] the free discharge of a thin nasal mucus.cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea discharge of cerebrospinal fluid through the nose, usually due to skull fracture.

cer·e·bro·spi·nal flu·id rhi·nor·rhe·a

a discharge of cerebrospinal fluid from the nose.

cer·e·bro·spi·nal flu·id rhi·nor·rhe·a

(ser'ĕ-brō-spī'năl flū'id rī-nōr-ē'ă) A discharge of cerebrospinal fluid from the nose. Basal skull fracture may cause tears in the dura, thus allowing cerebrospinal fluid to leak through the nose.

cer·e·bro·spi·nal flu·id rhi·nor·rhe·a

(ser'ĕ-brō-spī'năl flū'id rī-nōr-ē'ă) Discharge of cerebrospinal fluid from the nose.