Closure of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage via fistula at the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus using a bone pile

Kosuke Takabayashi; Shuho Gotoh; Maeho Yamasaki; Katsumi Takizawa

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5510

Closure of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage via fistula at the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus using a bone pile

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Mar 3;10(3):e05510. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5510. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Kosuke Takabayashi¹, Shuho Gotoh², Maeho Yamasaki², Katsumi Takizawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital Hokkaido Japan.
² Department of Neurosurgery Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital Hokkaido Japan.

Abstract

This report describes a case of spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leak through a narrow canal-like fistula in the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus, which was managed through rigid reconstruction. Rigid reconstruction of the skull base was performed by fitting a pile-shaped bone into the fistula like the pile-driving technique.

Keywords: high‐resolution computed tomography; pile‐driving; rigid; skull base; transseptal approach.

Publication types

Case Reports