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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun;29(3):430-1.
doi: 10.3109/02688697.2014.987217. Epub 2014 Dec 9.

Endoscopic palliative decompression of the cavernous sinus in a rare case of a metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the clivus

Zachary S Mendelson  1 , Amit A Patel, Jean Anderson Eloy, James K Liu
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Endoscopic palliative decompression of the cavernous sinus in a rare case of a metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the clivus

Zachary S Mendelson et al. Br J Neurosurg. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

We present a rare case of acute cavernous sinus syndrome due to a renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the clivus. This case highlights the role of palliative endoscopic endonasal decompression of the cavernous sinus to relieve cranial neuropathies, obtain tissue diagnosis, and for cytoreduction in preparation for additional adjuvant therapy.

Keywords: cavernous sinus syndrome; clival lesion; endoscopic skull base surgery; renal cell carcinoma; skull base tumor.

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