Transoral Biopsy of the Clivus in a Pediatric Patient for Suspected Osteomyelitis

Pediatric skull base osteomyelitis is an uncommon and difficult infection to characterize and treat, and it can result in devastating neurologic sequela. While transoral biopsy of the clivus in the adult population has been demonstrated, no such case is reported in the literature for the pediatric p...

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Autores principales: Davoudzadeh, Ethan, Chen, Kan, Mashriqi, Faizullah, Caplin, Drew M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9594685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312690
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29548
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Sumario:Pediatric skull base osteomyelitis is an uncommon and difficult infection to characterize and treat, and it can result in devastating neurologic sequela. While transoral biopsy of the clivus in the adult population has been demonstrated, no such case is reported in the literature for the pediatric population for the purposes of elucidating an infectious source. Here we describe transoral biopsy of the clivus utilizing computed tomography (CT) guidance in a pediatric patient with suspected skull base osteomyelitis. 

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