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Cureus
December 2024
Internal Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Região de Aveiro, Aveiro, PRT.
Schwannomas (SCs) are benign tumors composed of neoplastic Schwann cells and are relatively uncommon intracranially. Although these tumors are frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), they may also arise idiopathically, and their pathogenesis remains poorly understood. A 70-year-old Caucasian man presented with a two-month history of vertigo, gait imbalance, and decreased visual acuity in the left eye accompanied by photophobia, nausea, vomiting, and occasional headaches.
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March 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
Isolated sphenoid fungal sinusitis (ISFS) is a rare condition characterized by fungal infection of the sphenoid sinus. It often presents with non-specific symptoms, which can lead to misdiagnosis. This study presents two unique cases of ISFS with mucocele that were initially misdiagnosed as chordoma based on preoperative radiographic findings.
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November 2024
Otolaryngology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, GBR.
A 66-year-old woman with no prior medical history presented to the emergency department with diplopia and parosmia. The neurological examination identified an isolated left abducens nerve (CN VI) palsy. A head CT scan, followed by a brain MRI, showed a large, locally advanced tumour in the left sphenoid sinus with extensive skull base involvement and perineural extension into the left orbit.
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November 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi
December 2024
To explore the surgical techniques and clinical outcomes of endoscopic transnasal approaches in the treatment of skull base chondrosarcomas. Data from patients diagnosed with skull base chondrosarcomas and treated via endoscopic transnasal surgery at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, from 2013 to 2022 were collected. This retrospective study analyzed the patients' clinical presentations, histopathological grading, involved sites and extents, and complications following the endoscopic transnasal surgery.
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