Disregarding the widely used division of skull base into anterior and lateral, since the skull
base should be conceived as a single anatomic structure, it was to our convenience to group …

Management of petrous apex pathology poses a unique challenge even to the most
seasoned skull base surgeons. The central location in the skull base with adjacent critical …

Diagnosis and management of petrous apex lesions present unique challenges secondary
to their centralized location and critical adjacent and in situ structures. The petrous apex …

OBJECTIVE: Five large petrous apex lesions, 4 cholesterol granulomas and 1
cholesteatoma, were managed with a combination of microsurgical and endoscopic …

Objective The degree of pneumatization of the temporal bone has implications in the
pathophysiology and surgical considerations of many temporal bone disorders. This study …

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the results of a consecutive series of patients
who underwent an endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) for drainage of a petrous apex …

Background: Petrous apex cholesterol granulomas are expansile, cystic lesions containing
cholesterol crystals surrounded by foreign body giant cells, fibrous tissue reaction and …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to review the management of petrous apex cholesterol
granuloma. The surgical approaches for drainage or total removal and the wait and see …

Object Endoscopic endonasal treatment of petrous apex cholesterol granulomas allows for a
natural drainage pathway into the nasopharynx. Because of the limited number of case …

Background: The main objective of the present study was to analyse the morphological
variations of the air spaces of the temporal bone, that is, the pneumatized and air-filled …