Objectives The use of topical corticosteroids to manage postoperative sinonasal symptoms after endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS) has not been well studied. We quantified long-term impact steroid irrigations (SIs) on quality life patients ESBS. Methods Retrospective review at the University Pennsylvania undergoing ESBS from 2010 2019. Data patient demographics and treatment with nasal saline ...

background & importance: primary hemifacial spasm is usually caused by microvascular compression of the facial nerve at its root exit zone at brainstem without any space-occupying pathology. secondary or so-called symptomatic hemifacial spasm has an additional underlying pathology e.g. tumors leading to the microvascular compression. we review and discuss the pathophysiology and the literature ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Anterior and central skull base lesions and their surgical treatment (endoscopic or open approaches) can affect quality of life. A disease-specific instrument is needed to compare quality of life for different surgical approaches. STUDY DESIGN Items were generated using a composite strategy consisting of chart review, systematic review of skull base instruments, expert i...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Yu-Chang Lee Department of Radiology E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University. No.1, Yi Da Road, Jiau-shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan, R.O.C. Schwannomas are common neoplasms in the head and neck region, but of these tumors only less than 4% was found in sinonasal location in the reported literature. Most of the reported cases are found in the maxillary or ethmoid sin...

Ollier’s syndrome, a variant of multiple enchondromatosis, is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of 1/100,000, characterized by multiple enchondromas, asymmetrically involving small bones of the hands and feet, especially the proximal phalanges. Intracranial enchondromas, such as those arising from the skull base are extremely rare. Herein, we report a 25-year-old female, known case of...