Samy Elwany Author
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Affiliation
Septum, Perforation
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, 4 KafrAbdou Street #605, Alexandria 21925, Egypt
Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, 4 KafrAbdou Street #605, Alexandria 21925, Egypt
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Author(s): Mohamed Badr-El-Dine, Ahmed Aly Ibraheim, Yasser Shewail, Samy Elwany
Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach to Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma
Study Background: Cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex are inflammatory reactions following obstruction of air cells within the petrous apex with subsequent transudation of blood and liberation of cholesterol that stimulates foreign body reactions resulting in granuloma formation.
Methods: We report three cases of petrous apex cholesterol granulomas that were treated via the endoscopic transsphenoidal ro... view moreĀ»