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MeSH Heading: Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
Tree Number(s): C10.597.114; C10.900.300.109; C23.888.592.114; C26.915.300.225
Unique ID: D065634
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065634
Scope Note: Discharge of cerebrospinal fluid through a hole through the skull bone most commonly draining from the nose (CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA) or the ear (CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA).
Entry Term(s): Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage; Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage, Post-Traumatic; Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage, Spontaneous; Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage, Traumatic; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Post-Traumatic; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Spontaneous; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Traumatic; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage, Post-Traumatic; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage, Spontaneous; Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage, Traumatic; Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak; Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Post-Traumatic; Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Spontaneous; Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Traumatic
Previous Indexing: Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea (1972-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA 2010-2014
History Note: 2015; use CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA 2010-2014
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak MeSH Descriptor Data 2025