Successful endoscopic endonasal management of a transclival cerebrospinal fluid fistula secondary to ecchordosis physaliphora--an ectopic remnant of primitive notochord tissue in the clivus.
Department of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Luis Augusto
LA
Dias
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Márcio
M
Nakanishi
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil. Electronic address: joaopauloemt@gmail.com.
João
J
Mangussi-Gomes
Department of Radiology of the Federal District Base Hospital (HBDF), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Marcelo
M
Canuto
Department of Pathology of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Gustavo
G
Takano
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Carlos Augusto
CA
Oliveira
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D009672:Notochord / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Chordoma; Ecchordosis physaliphora; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Notochord