title: A dental implant in the anterior cranial fossae.
abstract: Foreign bodies in the anterior cranial fossa are unusual. This is a case of a 50-year-old man who presented with a dental implant displaced into the anterior cranial fossae, which was removed endoscopically with dural reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Departement of Maxillo, La Sapienza Rome University, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cascone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ungari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filiaci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gabriele
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramieri
mesh_terms: D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior / Q000473:pathology*; D015921:Dental Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants