Sphenopalatine meningoencephalocele: a diagnosis and therapeutic challenge
Introduction: Encephalocele and myelocele are deformities of easy clinical diagnosis, however, in some cases this diagnosis can be complicated for the clinical signs and complaints' absence. Objective: The present study intends to report the case of a two-year-old patient of the male sex with a...
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| Formatua: | Artikulua |
| Hizkuntza: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2010-03-01
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| Saila: | International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology |
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | http://www.arquivosdeorl.org.br/conteudo/acervo_eng.asp?id=678 |
| Gaia: | Introduction: Encephalocele and myelocele are deformities of easy clinical diagnosis, however, in some cases this diagnosis can be complicated for the clinical signs and complaints' absence. Objective: The present study intends to report the case of a two-year-old patient of the male sex with a trans sphenoidal meningocele without symptomatology associated to discrete alterations in the physical exam and treated through endoscopic transnasal surgery. Case Report: Trans sphenoidal meningocele' surgery treatment in a two-year-old patient, through endoscopic transnasal surgery, using bilateral septal nasal mucosa shred, pedicellate in the sphenopalatine artery. Conclusion: The meningoencephalocele approach, using septal nasal mucosa it is showed a viable and effective option in pediatric patients. |
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| ISSN: | 1809-9777 1809-4864 |