Skull Base
Diffusion MR Imaging Features of Skull Base Osteomyelitis Compared with Skull Base Malignancy
... The 9 patients with SBO had several comorbidities, including diabetes mellitus in all patients, ischemic heart disease in 3, hypertension in 5, chronic renal failure in 1, and acute renal failure in 1. All patients had ...
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Diffusion Weighted MRI: Distinction of Skull Base Chordoma from Chondrosarcoma
... proved skull base chordoma or chondrosarcoma at 2 institutions, between 2004 and 2011, were retrospectively reviewed after ap- proval by the institutional review board, and a waiver of consent was ...
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Skull base and calvarial deformities: association with intracranial changes in craniofacial syndromes
... Ventricular enlargement in craniofacial anomalies is a common finding; however, the mechanism of this phenomenon varies and in some cases the pathophysiology is poorly un- derstood (6, 22, 24). Some authors have pos- ...
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Unusual skull base metastasis from neuroendocrine tumor: a case report
... In view of tumor positivity in the 18 FDG-PET, intra- venously administered chemotherapy with carboplatin with area under the curve (AUC) of 5 and etoposide (100 mg/m 2 ) on days 1–3 per 21-day cycle was started. She ...
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Wegener granulomatosis of the eustachian tube and skull base mimicking a malignant tumor
... In summary, Wegener granulomatosis may present as an isolated inflammatory mass that mimics a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx or skull base. If biopsy results fail to identify a malignant tumor, a ...
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Temporomandibular joint disorder from skull-base osteomyelitis: a case report
... the base of the skull, the facial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, the optic nerve, the paranasal sinuses, and the temporomandibular ...as skull-base osteomyelitis ...
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IFFERENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES OF SKULL BASE RECONSTRUCTION: EVALUATION AND OUTCOME
... Ziv et al., (2009), used fascia lata for reconstruction of extensive post traumatic anterior skull base defects in (9) children. Fibrin glue was used to provide additional protection against CSF leak. None ...
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Treatment of malignant tumors of the skull base with multi-session radiosurgery
... malignant skull base ...malignant skull base tumors ...for skull base metastases or local recurrences from primary head and neck ...malignant skull base tumors, ...
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Hydroxyapatite cement to repair skull base defects: radiologic appearance
... PURPOSE: To describe the radiologic appearance of hydroxyapatite cement (HAC), which, when mixed with liquid, forms a paste that can be contoured to osseous defects and, over time, becomes “osseointegrated” (native bone ...
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Incidence, Clinico-Radiological Features and Outcome of Skull Base versus Non-Skull Base Meningiomas Treated in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital: A Five-Year Experience
... of skull base meningiomas is challenging, even for experienced neurosurgeons ...the skull base group. An increase in skull base neurosurgical training helps reduce the ...
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THE TRANSBASAL DEROME APPROACH TO ANTERIOR SKULL BASE: REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
... anterior skull base ...cranial base is amenable to surgical excision with acceptable disease-free survival in selected patients, at 2 ...anterior skull base cancer over several decades ...
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Endoscopic management of cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea from anterior skull base defects
... From 1999 to 2006, 65 patients with CSF leakage underwent transnasal endoscopic diag- nosis and repair of CSF leak procedures in our center. The study group consisted of 38 males and 27 females having an average age of ...
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Reporting of Randomised Clinical Trials in Skull Base Surgery: A Fourteen-Year Review
... to skull base surgery, a relatively new field within medicine, there are deficiencies in reporting of randomization and blinding technique, sample size calculations and protocol ...
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Skull base ligamentous mineralisation: evaluation using computed tomography and a review of the clinical relevance
... central skull base tumours where the internal carotid artery and cavernous sinus require exposure ...with skull base liga- mentous mineralisation; indeed, mineralisation of the interclinoid ...
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Brain MR findings in patients treated with particle therapy for skull base tumors
... intracranic, skull base, and sinonasal cancers, certain parts of central nervous system might be included in the radiation area, resulting to be at risk for radiation dam- age [1, ...of skull ...
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Skull base metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma: a report of three cases
... A 67-year-old female with a diagnosis of PTC insular vari- ant (pT4N1bM0) underwent total thyroidectomy and neck dissection in April 2011. After surgery, she was treated with radioactive iodine (150 mCi) and thyroid bed ...
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MR, CT, and Plain Film Imaging of the Developing Skull Base in Fetal Specimens
... At 3 weeks, the development of the pituitary be- gins. The anterior lobe of the pituitary (adenohy- pophysis) originates as a diverticulum from surface endoderm of the pharynx immediately anterior to the bucopharyngeal ...
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Central Skull Base Osteomyelitis in Patients without Otitis Externa: Imaging Findings
... for skull base ...the skull base may prove to be useful under these circumstances ...for skull base osteomyelitis and indicating the need for prompt tissue ...that skull ...
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Resection of giant ethmoid osteoma with orbital and skull base extension followed by duraplasty
... Case presentation: The present case describes a giant ethmoid osteoma. Patient symptoms and signs were exophthalmos and proptosis of the left eye, with progressive visual acuity impairment and visual fields defects. ...
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Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor
... approach. Skull base neurosurgery not only depends on the microsurgical skills of the sur- geon, but also familiarity with the knowledge of normal skull base anatomy and the inter-dependent ...
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