title: A Le Fort I osteotomy approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocoeles.
abstract: Meningo-encephalocoeles of the skull base may present as spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea or acute meningitis. Previous approaches to midline skull base lesions have been either intracranial, via a craniotomy, or by transfacial or endoscopic extracranial approaches. This paper presents an alternative approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephalocoeles through a Le Fort I osteotomy approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomkinson
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Grigg
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed