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 ...

When persistent migraines and hearing loss led to a shocking brain tumor diagnosis, Mischelle Colby turned to University of ...

Tumors arising in the base of the skull are among the most difficult to remove in neurosurgery. The current treatment method is to perform surgical removal by what is known as the microscopic anterior ...

What is the skull base? The skull base is the bone where the brain sits at the bottom of the skull. Many people use the analogy of a salad bowl to describe the area. The bowl has a hole at the center ...

The Anterior Skull Base Program provides state-of-the-art care for diseases of the paranasal sinuses and anterior skull base. Our physicians take a targeted, comprehensive approach to treatment of ...

Your surgeons will determine the best approach for you based on the exact location of the tumor, its size and the status of your hearing. We make these approaches through an incision near the ear. We ...

Physicians treated the patient without surgery, although they said the patient’s case is particularly challenging and treatment was ongoing at the time of the report’s writing. Acute lymphoblastic ...

Pterional craniotomy is a surgery that involves removing part of the skull to access the skull base. Doctors widely use the procedure for managing certain lesions, tumors, and aneurysms. Pterional ...

Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morphology at the base of the skull. TBX1 is present at higher levels in humans than in closely related ...