Background: Over the past decades, instruments and techniques of the transsphenoidal approach have improved greatly. All of these procedures, whether microscopic or endoscopic, must pass through the sphenoid sinus to reach the lesions. The sphenoid sinus is surrounded by several vital anatomical structures. Knowing the details of the anatomy of the sphenoid sinus and the extent of pneumatizatio...

When medical management of chronic rhinosinusitis fails to achieve benefit, surgery is often recommended. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has become the method of choice for addressing this disease, and advances in instrumentation to facilitate FESS have led to significant advances and outcome improvements. More recently, balloon dilation of the sinus ostia (BDSO) using balloon sinup...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to observe the relationship of the sphenoid sinus and posterior ethmoid cells with the optic nerve. MATERIAL AND METHODS 34 CT scans (68 sides) of paranasal sinuses of patients older than 18 years were retrospectively reviewed. Images were assessed in two planes--axial and coronal. We observed the position and relationship of the optic nerve to the posterio...

Eustachian tube problems are relatively common complaints to otolaryngologists' offices. However, clinicians should consider other possibilities when traditional therapies fail to improve symptoms. We present a previously not described case of sphenoid-sellar fistula after transphenoidal surgery causing objective and subjective clicking. Laryngoscope, 126:E314-E316, 2016.

Onodi cell sinusitis is a rare cause of isolated oculomotor nerve palsy. The sphenoid sinus and mucocele or invasive fungal are often associated with multiple cranialnerve symptoms simultaneously. However, cranial palsy due to simple rare. Sinus disease difficult diagnose based on patient history physical examination alone; CT MRI help in correctly assessing these lesions. Here we report case o...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the pathologic conditions, preoperative evaluation, treatment, and clinical outcomes associated with sphenoid sinus disease. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary university-based referral center. PATIENTS All patients with isolated sphenoid sinus disease managed surgically or in which surgery was considered a primary treatment option. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sphenoid dysplasia associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 is classically thought to be primarily related to abnormal development of the sphenoid bone. We investigated the possibility that these changes may be progressive. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of sphenoid bone changes in all patients with craniofacial neurofibromatosis type 1 who had undergone CT...

background: giant cell tumor is a benign but locally aggressive bone neoplasm which uncommonly involves the skull. giant cell tumor (gct) of the sphenoid bone is relatively rare. in this report, we describe a tumor of the greater wing of left sphenoid bone. case presentation: a 31-year-old female was presented with headache, proptosis and diplopia of her left eye. cranial magnetic resonance ima...

We report a unique case of penetrating foreign bodies following motor vehicle accident with airbag deployment. The patient presented evidence facial trauma and was found to have three retained on imaging. Notably, one body within the sphenoid sinus. This removed uneventfully through endoscopic sinus surgery. doing well at follow-up visits. concluded that were steering wheel accessories, which d...