title: Neuronavigation-guided endoscopic endonasal resection of extensive skull base mucormycosis complicated with cerebral vasospasm.
abstract: A 24-year-old woman presented with double vision since 6 months. Examination revealed left eye ptosis and bilateral abducens nerve palsy. Brain computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a bone-eroding mass lesion located in the middle skull base, occupying the posterior ethmoidal cells, the planum sphenoidale, the sphenoid sinus, the lateral recesses of the sphenois sinus, the pterygoid apexes, and the middle and lower clivus, with compression of the inferior wall of the cavernous sinus and the parasellar and paraclival parts of the internal carotid artery. The patient was operated on with extended endoscopic endonasal approach guided with neuronavigation. Total mass resection was achieved. Histopathologic examination revealed mucormycosis infectious mass. On postoperative day 5, the patient developed right hemiplegia, and brain imaging revealed left internal carotid vasospasm. After treatment, the patient improved and was discharged.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Neurosurgery, Al Bashir Government Hospital, Amman, Jordan; and Departments of †Neurosurgery, ‡Surgery, and §Pathology, Prince Hamza Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Bashar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Abuzayed
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Abadi
authors.forename: Shade
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Otti
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baniyaseen
authors.forename: Yasameen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Al-Sharki
mesh_terms: D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D038361:Neuronavigation; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult