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A woman has suffered a brain fluid leak after doctors punctured the lining during a coronavirus test. The woman, aged in her 40s, had an undiagnosed rare condition and the test she received may have been carried out improperly, according to the study published in the JAMA Otolaryngology–Head andNeck Surgery.
She underwent testing in March before presenting to doctors with symptoms including "metallic taste, headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia".
Dr Jarrett Walsh, from the University of Iowa Hospital, senior author of the paper, told the AFP the woman had undergone two swabs.
He said she had undergone the swab ahead of an elective hernia surgery but noticed clear fluid coming out of one side of her nose.
"She had been swabbed previously for another procedure, same side, no problems at all. She feels like maybe the second swab was not using the best technique, and that the entry was a little bit high," he said.
The woman had been treated for a condition known as [...]
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