Successful endoscopic endonasal management of a transclival cerebrospinal fluid fistula secondary to ecchordosis physaliphora--an ectopic remnant of primitive notochord tissue in the clivus

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Feb:117:116-119. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.11.026. Epub 2013 Dec 7.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
² Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
³ Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Radiology of the Federal District Base Hospital (HBDF), Brasília-DF, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Pathology of the University Hospital of Brasília (HUB), University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília-DF, Brazil.

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Keywords: Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Chordoma; Ecchordosis physaliphora; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Notochord.

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