Jugulotympanic Paraganglioma With Preoperative Embolization That Led to Facial Nerve Paralysis and Surgical Rerouting of the Nerve.

Paragangliomas are mostly benign, slow-growing, hypervascular tumors originating from neural crest derivatives. Head and neck (H&N) paragangliomas represent <1% of all H&N tumors and <5% are malignant. They are mostly non-secreting tumors that originate from autonomous parasympathetic paraganglia.

Therapeutic approach to Gradenigo's syndrome: a case report.

Introduction: Traditional management of Gradenigo's syndrome requires aggressive and radical surgery without any attempt to preserve hearing. Recent reports, however, describe a successful outcome after conservative surgical intervention without labyrinthectomy. A similar outcome has also been reported in patients who were only prescribed with antibiotics and did not undergo myringotomy.

Midfacial Degloving: The Best Alternative for Treatment of Trans-sphenoidal Meningocele of the Pterygopalatine Fossa.

Trans-sphenoid anterobasal temporal lobe meningoceles are rare and can be associated with temporal lobe epilepsy or recurrent meningitis. Surgical treatment is described via complicated infratemporal or intracranial approaches with high morbidity. A 32-year-old man presented with an 18-year history of two types of seizures and confirmed epileptic activity in electroencephalogram.