American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 422-424 , November 2006

Congenital transsphenoidal meningocele: case report and review of the literature

  • Catherine Blaivie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Thomas Lequeux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Stelios Kampouridis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Stephanie Louryan

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Sven Saussez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
    • Laboratory of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mons-Hainaut, Pentagone 1B-Avenue du Champ de Mars, 6, B-7000 Mons, Belgium. Tel.: +32 65 37 35 62; fax: +32 65 37 35 57.

Received 8 December 2005

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00013-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.01.011

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 422-424 , November 2006

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