title: Transnasal stereotactic biopsy of a clivus tumor. Technical note.
abstract: Computerized tomography-guided transnasal stereotactic tissue diagnosis of a lytic lesion in the clivus was performed successfully using the Cosman-Roberts-Wells frame, thus avoiding a major craniotomy. The authors recommend stereotaxis as the preferred technique for biopsy in this region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Klug
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danks
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed