Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas

Otol Neurotol. 2003 Nov;24(6):939-41. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200311000-00020.

Abstract

Objective: Explore the indications and advantages of image-guided transsphenoidal endoscopic drainage of select petrous apex cholesterol granulomas.

Study design: Case report and literature review.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Conclusions: Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal drainage of cholesterol granulomas is the procedure of choice for petrous apex cholesterol granulomas that abut the sphenoid sinus and are accessible through its posterior wall.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone Diseases / surgery*
  • Cholesterol*
  • Drainage / methods*
  • Endoscopy* / methods
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Petrous Bone*
  • Sphenoid Sinus
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Cholesterol