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J Neurol Surg Rep 2016; 77(02): e83-e85
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584079
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584079
Case Report
Endoscopic Removal of a Bullet in Rosenmuller Fossa: Case Report
Further Information
Publication History
28 January 2016
05 April 2016
Publication Date:
02 June 2016 (online)
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Abstract
Fractures of the anterior skull base may occur in gunshot victims and can result in traumatic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. Less commonly, CSF leaks occur days or even weeks after the trauma occurred. Here, we present the case of a 21-year-old man with a delayed-onset, traumatic CSF leak secondary to a missile injury that left a bullet fragment in the Rosenmuller fossa. The patient was treated successfully with endoscopic, endonasal extraction of the bullet, and repair with a nasal septal flap. Foreign bodies lodged in Rosenmuller fossa can be successfully treated with endoscopic skull base surgery.
Keywords
Rosenmuller fossa - skull base - anterior - case report - endoscopic - nasal septal flap - endonasal - pharyngeal recessFunding Source
None.
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