Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas.

Laurence J DiNardo, Gregory W Pippin, Aristides Sismanis

Journal: Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 2004;24(6):939-41

PMID: 14600478

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE

Explore the indications and advantages of image-guided transsphenoidal endoscopic drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas.

STUDY DESIGN

Case report and literature review.

SETTING

Tertiary referral center.

CONCLUSIONS

Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of cholesterol granulomas is the procedure of choice for petrous apex cholesterol granulomas that abut the sphenoid sinus and are accessible through its posterior wall.

Address: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and Physicians, Richmond 23298-0146, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200311000-00020

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MeSH Terms: Bone Diseases, Cholesterol, Drainage, Endoscopy, Female, Granuloma, Foreign-Body, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Petrous Bone, Sphenoid Sinus, Tomography, X-Ray Computed