INTRODUCTION Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery has gained increasing acceptance by otolaryngologists and neurosurgeons. In many centers throughout the world, this technique is now routinely used for the same indications as conventional microsurgical technique for pituitary tumors. OBJECTIVE To present a surgical experience of consecutive endoscopic endonasal trans-sphenoidal resect...

Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is a rare entity in patients who undergo sinonasal surgery due to over-resection of the turbinate. This leads debilitating symptoms that include dry nose, painful nasal breathing, paradoxical obstruction, crusting, and sleep disorder. The goal surgical treatment reestablish volume turbinates rehabilitate resistance. Endonasal microplasty with cartilage implants on late...

introduction: epidermoid tumors comprise 1% of intracranial tumors. although reported, intraosseous epidermoid tumors are even more rare. cystic lesions of the petrous apex are uncommon and surgically challenging; the most rare pathology is presumed to be epidermoid.rncase presentation: this is a case of a 61-year-old woman with a large skull-base tumor extending inferiorly from the c1-c2 artic...

5584 Background: To evaluate the outcomes of dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) in patients with head and neck tumors. METHODS The clinical records of all 31 patients with head and neck tumors who underwent DCR for nasolacrimal duct blockage at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1999 and 2003 were retrospectively reviewed for outcome and complications of DCR. RESULTS Nasolacrimal duct blockage wa...

The aim of this report was to summarize our preliminary experience on the resection of tumors located in Meckel's cave via the endoscopic endonasal transmaxillary transpterygoid approach with image-guided system and to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of this approach. Two patients who had tumors in left Meckel's cave underwent surgical treatment using the image-guided endoscopic endona...

INTRODUCTION Optic nerve compression is an uncommon disorder leading to deterioration or complete loss of vision. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 14-year-old Caucasian girl with a gradual deterioration of vision in her right eye. Using modern imaging techniques and endonasal endoscopic surgery, we identified the cause and removed the pathology. CONCLUSIONS The cause of optic ner...

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare, benign and locally invasive tumor. Massive bleeding because of vascularity of tumor and postoperative recurrence are potential problems of management. Endonasal approach reduces the rate of postoperative recurrence, intraoperative bleeding, and complications of surgery, time of operation and duration of hospitalization. In this article, we r...

Meningoencephalocele is a rare condition that usually occurs in children and is treated by neurosurgeons with occasional help from ENT doctors. The symptoms of meningoencephalocele might not develop until adulthood, but usually they are apparent immediately after birth. The case of small anterior basal transethmoidal meningoencephalocele in a 24-year-old patient who had headaches and runny nose...