Application of the skull base technique to the repair of transsphenoidal meningoencephaloceles.
A 2-month-old boy with an anterior basal meningoencephalocele of the transsphenoidal type was successfully treated via the transbasal intra- and extradural approach. Magnetic resonance imaging was useful for obtaining a precise diagnosis, and the transbasal combined approach is suitable for this type of meningoencephalocele.
Kai
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Nagahiro
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Yoshioka
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Ushio
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D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed