Disease relevance of Cranial Fossa, Middle

• PURPOSE: To evaluate the ability of gadolinium-enhanced MR in detecting recurrent tumor in patients whose acoustic neuromas were surgically removed via the middle cranial fossa approach [1].
• Of these 11 patients, one had bilateral sites of the CSF fistula at the junction of the anterior portion of the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus with the floor of the middle cranial fossa [2].
• Cholesterol granuloma in the middle cranial fossa: report of two cases [3].
• CONCLUSIONS: Congenital cholesteatoma may grow for years without causing signs or symptoms and, having grown without early detection, can extend to involve the epitympanum and mastoid antrum, cause ossicular erosion, and even extend to the middle cranial fossa [4].
• Large bone defects with exposed middle cranial fossa dura were found at revision surgery in both cases and Proteus vulgaris and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from the mastoid and abscess cavities in these children [5].

High impact information on Cranial Fossa, Middle

• MR imaging of the nasopharynx and floor of the middle cranial fossa. Part I. Normal anatomy [6].
• In addition, morphological integration was statistically significantly stronger between the middle cranial fossa and the mandibular ramus than between the ramus and the midline cranial base [7].
• This finding confirms previous hypotheses of a "petroso-mandibular unit," which could be a developmental consequence of well-known phylogenetic modifications in coronal topology of the posterior face and base in hominoid evolution, related to middle cranial fossa expansion [7].
• Unilateral aplasia of the middle cranial fossa floor in atypical hemifacial microsomia [8].
• The combined transmandibular-transcervical approach to the skull base ensures a wide field exposure to the lateral and midline compartments of the middle cranial fossa with attendant vascular control [9].

Anatomical context of Cranial Fossa, Middle

• Thirty-one cases of arachnoid cysts of the middle cranial fossa were investigated by CT scan, 7 of them undergoing additional metrizamide CT cisternography [10].
• The remaining 17 DAVF were located at the tentorium (6), cavernous sinus (3), right parasellar region (1), floor of left middle cranial fossa (1), midline posterior fossa (1), petrous apex (1) and transverse sinus (4) [11].

Associations of Cranial Fossa, Middle with chemical compounds

• After middle cranial fossa decompression, a fifth episode with recovery after steroid use was documented [12].

Gene context of Cranial Fossa, Middle

• Spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea arising from the middle cranial fossa: CT demonstration [13].
• In a prospective study of 262 consecutive patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), using computed tomography (CT) as their baseline evaluation, erosion of the base of the skull and intracranial extension into the middle cranial fossa were found in 31.3% and 12.2% of patients, respectively [14].
• Depending on the extent of sensorineural hearing loss, surgical removal was performed through the middle cranial fossa or translabyrinthine approach [15].

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