Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas.
OBJECTIVE
Explore the indications and advantages of image-guided transsphenoidal endoscopic drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas.


METHODS
Case report and literature review.


METHODS
Tertiary referral center.


CONCLUSIONS
Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of cholesterol granulomas is the procedure of choice for petrous apex cholesterol granulomas that abut the sphenoid sinus and are accessible through its posterior wall.
DiNardo
Laurence J
LJ
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians, Richmond 23298-0146, USA. idinardo@hsc.vcu.edu
Pippin
Gregory W
GW
Sismanis
Aristides
A
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002784:Cholesterol; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010579:Petrous Bone; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002784:Cholesterol