1. Sphenopalatine meningoencephalocele: a diagnosis and therapeutic challenge
- Author
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Ayoub, Jimmy Ali Saadallah, Xavier, Patricia Fernanda Furlan, Nogueira Junior, João Flavio, Yoshida, Mauricio, Stamm, Aldo Cassol, and Alonso, Nivaldo
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Cleft Lip ,Meningocele ,Cranial Base ,Encephalocele ,Medicine ,Otorhinolaryngology ,RF1-547 - Abstract
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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- 2010