title: [Neurosurgical aspects of fronto-ethmoidal osteomas; report of 6 cases and review of the literature].
abstract: The cases of six patients with fronto-ethmoidal osteomas which have produced intracranial complications are reported. The patients have been divided in two groups depending on their clinical aspects, from cranio-facial deformities to exophtalmus, rinorrhea, pneumocephalus, meningitis and mucocele. A review of the literature is made and the importance of such lesions is stressed together with a critical analysis of the methods proposed for their surgical treatment. The results obtained with a frontal approach and a plastic closure of the dura were uniformelly good with restoration of functions in all patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D010016:Osteoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Aspectos neurocirŕgicos dos osteomas fronto-etmoidais; relato de 6 casos e revisão da literatura.