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Endoscopic Transnasal Navigation Guided Treatment of Clivus Abscess in Adult with Mucormycosis: A Rare Report

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Osteomyelitis and abscess of the clivus are rare conditions thought to arise from contiguous spread of infection from the paranasal sinuses. Clival osteomyelitis is a rare potentially life-threatening skull base infection which is generally challenging to diagnose and treat. It is typically seen in the pediatric population and is very rare in the adult population. The exact pathophysiology of osteomyelitis of the clivus is relatively uncertain. Here, we describe a case of a 32-year-old immunocompetent female with a primary complaint of headache, with no significant medical history of diabetes, hypertension or rhinosinusitis or SARS COV-2 for the past 18 months. This case report demonstrates an image-guided and endoscopic approach to surgical localization and treatment of abscesses in the clival area.

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    Sarang Gotecha, Ashish Chugh, Prashant Punia & Apurva Lachake

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Gotecha, S., Chugh, A., Punia, P. et al. Endoscopic Transnasal Navigation Guided Treatment of Clivus Abscess in Adult with Mucormycosis: A Rare Report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 76, 1066–1070 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-04117-1

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