Difficulties in treatment of CSF leakage associated with a temporal meningocele

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Gurkanlar D., Akyuz M., Acikbas C., Ermol C., Tuncer R.

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, vol.149, no.12, pp.1239-1242, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Review
• Volume: 149 Issue: 12
• Publication Date: 2007
• Doi Number: 10.1007/s00701-007-1273-3
• Journal Name: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.1239-1242
• Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid fistula, temporal meningocele, surgical approach, CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID RHINORRHEA, SPHENOID SINUS, ENCEPHALOCELE, CT, FISTULA, MR
• Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Temporal meningocele is a rarely encountered pathology. It is caused by communication between the subarachnoid space of the middle fossa and lateral extension of the sphenoid sinus.