The skull base (or cranial base) is the region where the nose and sinuses, with the rest of the head/neck, meet the brain. For patients with malignant tumors involving the nose, sinuses and skull base ...

Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare, benign tumor. JNA tumors contain many blood vessels and are called benign vascular tumors. They usually grow deep in the sinonasal cavity (nose ...

Meghan Shaw was no stranger to the otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat doctor). For as long as she could remember, she suffered from frequent sinus infections. She got surgery at age 14 but, by 16 ...

A medical team has developed a minimally invasive neurosurgical technique using an endoscope for the removal of tumors in the base of the skull. The results compare favorably with the conventional ...

Ido Simyoni has fibrous dysplasia and benign tumors grow into his skull. A doctor performed 2 surgeries to reduce infection and reconstruct his forehead. When Ido Simyoni was 15, doctors diagnosed him ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A major milestone in neurosurgery, Hartford HealthCare performed its 500th transnasal skull base surgery this September! Dr. Belachew Tessema, associate director of the ...

People who have had major sinus surgery should consult their ENT doctor before undergoing COVID-19 swab testing, new research indicates. Likewise, those performing swab testing should ask whether the ...

The Riyadh team used a transnasal endoscope to remove a large skull base tumour with an approach designed to minimise ...

Falls, vehicle accidents, and assaults are the top causes of skull fractures [1]. Nausea, seizures, and consciousness changes may indicate brain injury [2]. Pediatric skull fractures often require ...