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J Neurol Surg Rep 2016; 77(02): e83-e85
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584079
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Endoscopic Removal of a Bullet in Rosenmuller Fossa: Case Report

Joshua D. Burks
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
,
Chad A. Glenn
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
,
Andrew K. Conner
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
,
Phillip A. Bonney
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
,
Jose A. Sanclement
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
,
Michael E. Sughrue
1   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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28. Januar 2016

05. April 2016

Publikationsdatum:
02. Juni 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 recess

Funding Source

None.


 

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