title: Transsellar transsphenoidal encephalocele: a case report.
abstract: Basal encephaloceles are rare, accounting for about 1.5% of all encephaloceles. Transsellar transsphenoidal encephaloceles are the rarest variety of basal encephaloceles. We report a rare case of transsellar transsphenoidal encephalocele managed by a transnasal transseptal approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, CN Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Yashpal S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Rathore
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed