title: Transorbital and transnasal endoscopic repair of a meningoencephalocele.
abstract: A 71-year-old female with a history of thyroid eye disease (TED) presented for evaluation of a skull base mass noted on neuroimaging. She had previously undergone bilateral orbital decompressions and strabismus surgery and had no neurologic symptoms. Successful resection of the menigoencephalocele and repair of the skull base defect was performed through a combined transnasal endoscopic and transorbital approach, obviating the need for craniotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology/Head Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaberg
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Murchison
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Jurij R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bilyk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D049970:Graves Ophthalmopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome