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Epidermoid tumor in the sphenoid sinus--case report
1Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica
|April 1, 1997
Summary
A rare sphenoid sinus epidermoid tumor caused sixth cranial nerve palsy. Surgical removal was successful, highlighting the need to consider these tumors in sphenoid sinus lesion diagnoses.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology
Background:
- Sphenoid sinus tumors are uncommon.
- Epidermoid tumors are rare intracranial neoplasms.
- Sphenoid sinus masses can present with cranial nerve deficits.