Transsphenoidal basilar skull fracture
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TransphenoidalTranssphenoidal basilar skull fractures are a particularly serious type of basilar skull fracture usually occurring in the setting of severe traumatic brain injury and with potential for serious complications including damaging the internal carotid arteries and optic nerves as well as high incidence of dural tear with CSF leak.
Pathophysiology
Due to the particulars of the anatomy of the base of skull, fractures that involve the sphenoid sinus tend to extend along a number of predefined pathways 1,2:
- anterior transverse
- lateral frontal diagonal
- posterior transverse
- mastoid diagonal
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-<p><strong>Transphenoidal</strong><strong> basilar skull fractures</strong> are a particularly serious type of <a title="Base of skull fracture" href="/articles/base-of-skull-fracture">basilar skull fracture</a> usually occurring in the setting of severe <a title="Traumatic brain injury" href="/articles/traumatic-brain-injury">traumatic brain injury</a> and with potential for serious complications including damaging the internal carotid arteries and optic nerves as well as high incidence of dural tear with CSF leak. </p><h4>Pathophysiology</h4><p>Due to the particulars of the anatomy of the <a title="Base of the skull" href="/articles/base-of-the-skull">base of skull</a>, fractures that involve the <a title="Sphenoid sinus" href="/articles/sphenoid-sinus">sphenoid sinus</a> tend to extend along a number of predefined pathways <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Transsphenoidal</strong><strong> basilar skull fractures</strong> are a particularly serious type of <a href="/articles/base-of-skull-fracture">basilar skull fracture</a> usually occurring in the setting of severe <a href="/articles/traumatic-brain-injury">traumatic brain injury</a> and with potential for serious complications including damaging the internal carotid arteries and optic nerves as well as high incidence of dural tear with CSF leak. </p><h4>Pathophysiology</h4><p>Due to the particulars of the anatomy of the <a href="/articles/base-of-the-skull">base of skull</a>, fractures that involve the <a href="/articles/sphenoid-sinus">sphenoid sinus</a> tend to extend along a number of predefined pathways <sup>1,2</sup>:</p><ul>
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- 1. Venous Sinus Thrombosis in Blunt Trauma: Incidence and Risk Factors Slasky, Shira E. MD*; Rivaud, Yayone MD*; Suberlak, Matthew MD*; Tairu, Oluwole MD*; Fox, Adam D. MD†; Ohman-Strickland, Pamela PhD‡; Bilinisky, Esther MD, MS* Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography: November/December 2017 - Volume 41 - Issue 6 - p 891–897 doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000620 Neuroradiology
- 2. Neurologic Emergencies, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics - E-Book By Alireza Minagar, Alejandro A Rabinstein, Elsevier 2012.
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- Central Nervous System
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