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We studied two patients with spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea with MRI and other imaging modalities. T2-weighted images proved most useful for the detection and localisation of the CSF leakage. MRI appeared to provide an accurate and noninvasive method for preoperative investigation of spontaneous CSF rhinorrhoea.
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Murata, Y., Yamada, I., Isotani, E. et al. MRI in spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea. Neuroradiology 37, 453–455 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600091
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600091