Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization
Sinus pneumatization is a complex variable process that begins in early life and continues for many years. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy with progressive headaches and neurologic symptoms suggestive of intracranial pathology. The presence of enhancing tissue within the sphenoid sinus created...
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| description | Sinus pneumatization is a complex variable process that begins in early life and continues for many years. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy with progressive headaches and neurologic symptoms suggestive of intracranial pathology. The presence of enhancing tissue within the sphenoid sinus created a diagnostic dilemma which leads to a transsphenoidal biopsy. Knowledge of imaging characteristics associated with incomplete pneumatization can help differentiate it from more ominous skull base pathology and prevent unnecessary testing. We describe four-year imaging follow-up in a patient with incomplete pneumatization of the sphenoid sinus presenting as an enhancing mass lesion with subsequent follow-up imaging demonstrating gradual regression and increased aeration of the sphenoid sinus. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1587dfb40b28483a9e031ffed6f9e74a2025-02-03T01:00:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112016-01-01201610.1155/2016/28620102862010Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing PneumatizationDeepak Vallabhaneni0Anthony Mohamed1Zain Badar2Rajiv Mangla3Department of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USADepartment of Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USASinus pneumatization is a complex variable process that begins in early life and continues for many years. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy with progressive headaches and neurologic symptoms suggestive of intracranial pathology. The presence of enhancing tissue within the sphenoid sinus created a diagnostic dilemma which leads to a transsphenoidal biopsy. Knowledge of imaging characteristics associated with incomplete pneumatization can help differentiate it from more ominous skull base pathology and prevent unnecessary testing. We describe four-year imaging follow-up in a patient with incomplete pneumatization of the sphenoid sinus presenting as an enhancing mass lesion with subsequent follow-up imaging demonstrating gradual regression and increased aeration of the sphenoid sinus.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2862010 |
| spellingShingle | Deepak Vallabhaneni Anthony Mohamed Zain Badar Rajiv Mangla Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization |
| title_full | Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization |
| title_short | Enhancing Mass Lesion of the Sphenoid: Atypical Presentation of Ongoing Pneumatization |
| title_sort | enhancing mass lesion of the sphenoid atypical presentation of ongoing pneumatization |
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