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A Le Fort I osteotomy approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocoeles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. M. Reynolds ,
A. Tomkinson ,
R. G. Grigg  and
C. F. Perry
J. M. Reynolds*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4102.
A. Tomkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4102.
R. G. Grigg
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4102.
C. F. Perry
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4102.
*
Address for correspondence: J. M. Reynolds, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia4102. Fax: (07) 32407011
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Abstract

Meningo-encephalocoeles of the skull base may present as spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea or acute meningitis. Previous approaches to midline skull base lesions have been either intracranial, via a craniotomy, or by transfacial or endoscopic extracranial approaches. This paper presents an alternative approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocoeles through a Le Fort I osteotomy approach.

Keywords

MeningocoeleSphenoid sinusOsteotomy, Le Fort I
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 779 - 781
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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