title: Spontaneous bilateral intrasphenoidal lateral encephaloceles: CT and MRI findings.
abstract: Lateral intrasphenoidal encephaloceles are rare anomalies. We describe a unique case in which spontaneous bilateral intrasphenoidal lateral encephaloceles were discovered in a 53-year-old man during a work-up for cerebrospinal fluid leak. We discuss our clinical findings and the results of preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA. ahmetfirat2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ahmet Kemal
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Firat
authors.forename: Yezdan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Firat
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed