Repair of temporosphenoidal encephalocele with a vascularized split calvarial cranioplasty: technical case report

Neurosurgery. 1995 Jan;36(1):202-6; discussion 206. doi: 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 microplate. 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / diagnosis
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / surgery*
  • Craniotomy / methods*
  • Encephalocele / diagnosis
  • Encephalocele / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Sphenoid Sinus / pathology
  • Sphenoid Sinus / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed