Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 284-287 , June 2010

Arachnoid cyst with extraordinary extracranial extension in the skull base as a result of an iatrogenic defect of the middle cranial fossa floor: Case report and literature review

  • Dimitrios Koutsimpelas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationDimitrios Koutsimpelas, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1 55101 Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 6131 175813; Fax: +49 6131 176637.
    • ,
  • Wibke Mueller-Forell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter Stoeter, PhD (Chairman)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany
    • ,
  • Otto Hey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany
    • ,
  • Wolf J. Mann, PhD, FACS (Chairman)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany

Received 2 June 2008 ,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.03.005

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 284-287 , June 2010

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