Repair of Temporosphenoidal Encephalocele with a Vascularized Split Calvarial Cranioplasty: Technical Case Report
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 36 (1), 202-205
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199501000-00029
Abstract
A 54-YEAR-OLD WOMAN was referred for the evaluation and treatment of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right anteromedial intrasphenoidal encephalocele with cisternography showing the flow of contrast into the sphenoid encephalocele. Transcranial surgical repair was performed. This included the use of a vascularized split-thickness calvarial graft fixated over the cranial base defect with a titanium micrhoplate. The technical details of this repair are discussed. Ten cases of temporosphenoidal encephaloceles have been reported. The literature concerning this rare form of encephalocele is reviewed.Keywords
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