Encephalocele in a patient with Hurler syndrome: description and therapeutic alternatives review

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Andrés González Fernández
Koro Zubimendi
Miren Ondiz Arechaga
Ignacio Sanhueza
Sheila Huerga

Abstract

Introduction: Hurler syndrome is the most severe version of mucopolysaccharidosis
I. The storage of dermatan and heparin sulfate in meninges allows the development
of hydrocephalus and meningoencephaloceles. Case report: We report a 23-year-old
female with this syndrome and a sinonasal encephalocele operated by endoscopic sinonasal
surgery and subsequent pericranial flap as support. Discussion: Endoscopic
sinonasal surgery has grown in last years in relation with treatment of sinonasal meningoencephaloceles
due to a high rate of success removing the lesion and closing
the subsequent cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Conclusion: Currently, the endoscopic
sinonasal surgery has become a useful tool in the management of skull base pathologies,
and reduces the morbidity due to a transcranial approach.

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Encephalocele in a patient with Hurler syndrome: description and therapeutic alternatives review. Acta otorrinolaringol cir cabeza cuello [Internet]. 2021 Mar. 31 [cited 2025 Dec. 26];50(1):73-6. Available from: https://www.revista.acorl.org.co/index.php/acorl/article/view/579

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