Endoscopic management of spontaneous meningoencephalocele of the lateral sphenoid sinus: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1070-1077

  Tabaee, Abtin ^a   Anand, Vijay K ^a   Cappabianca, Paolo ^b   Stamm, Aldo ^c   Esposito, Felice ^b   Schwartz, Theodore H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Encephalocele; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Meningoencephalocele; Skull base; Sphenoid sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHENOID SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 77952076217     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.JNS0842     Document Type: Article

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