RESUMEN

Acute meningitis in adults caused by Streptococcus agalactiae is a rare entity. To our knowledge, there are only two cases associated with a central spinal fluid fistula published in the English literature from 1942 to the present. We report the third case. It was diagnosed in a 60-year-old woman with a twelve-year history of cerebrospinal rhinorrhea after a blunt head trauma. A CT scan of the base of the skull with administration of intrathecal contrast showed a disruption of the posterior and superior aspect of the sphenoid sinus with central spinal fluid leakage.

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Rinorrea de Líquido Cefalorraquídeo/etiología , Fístula/complicaciones , Meningitis Bacterianas/complicaciones , Seno Esfenoidal , Infecciones Estreptocócicas/complicaciones , Streptococcus agalactiae , Enfermedad Aguda , Femenino , Humanos , Meningitis Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Meningitis Bacterianas/microbiología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Enfermedades de los Senos Paranasales/complicaciones