Compressive epidural collection as an unusual complication of FESS for a pediatric mycetoma.
Childs Nerv Syst
; 37(1): 311-314, 2021 01.
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ABSTRACT
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a treatment of choice for fungal sinus ball (mycetoma), which is considered safe with a very low major complication rate. We present an unusual case of a 12-year-old female, who underwent FESS for a sphenoid sinus mycetoma and which was complicated by an acute, compressive epidural fluid collection. This presumably resulted from sinus irrigation in the setting of an under-appreciated skull base and mucosal defects causing a ball-valve effect. Our patient had a temporary neurologic deficit with complete recovery, however, similar complications can have fatal consequences.
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Seios Paranasais
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Micetoma
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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