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Skull base lesions: a classification and surgical approaches
Author(s) -
Kumar Arvind,
Valvassori Galdino,
Mafee Mahmood,
Jafar Jafar
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198603000-00004
Subject(s) - skull , base (topology) , computer science , medicine , radiology , medical physics , surgery , mathematics , mathematical analysis
An anatomic classification of lesions affecting the skull base is proposed according to which this region can be divided into a midline compartment and two lateral compartments: a petrotemporal and an infratemporal. The majority of lesions studied radiographically in 56 patients were confined to one of these anatomic subdivisions. The advantages of such a classification are discussed. The surgical approaches to these compartments and to the anterior middle and posterior cranial fossae are described relative to the lesions we have encountered.