title: Endoscopic removal of ethmoido-sphenoidal foreign body with intracranial extension.
abstract: We describe the case of a foreign body lodged into ethmoidal labyrinth and sphenoidal sinus with fracture of the clivus and consequent rhinoliquorrhea removed by an endoscopic technique. We performed a skull base plasty to close the rhino-liquoral fistula with resolution of the rhinoliquorrhea. There were no postoperative complications and there was a good therapeutic result at long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Polyclinic of Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Presutti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchioni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghidini
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019291:Skull Base / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020205:Skull Fracture, Basilar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome