Case
About this case
Operative video: Encephalocele, through the Middle Fossa approach. The background notes below summarise the anatomy, pathology and approach, with published references.
Reference notes
Background
Notes on this case’s cranial location, pathology and surgical approach, with published sources. General education only, not advice for any individual patient.
Pathology
Encephalocele
An encephalocele is herniation of brain and meninges through a skull-base or calvarial defect, which at the skull base may present as a CSF leak or recurrent meningitis. Anterior and lateral skull-base encephaloceles are increasingly repaired endoscopically.
Repair reduces the herniated tissue and reconstructs the defect in a multilayer, watertight fashion to restore the barrier between the intracranial space and the sinonasal tract.
