World Neurosurg
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To describe the effect on postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak after anterior skull base (ASB) surgery and complications associated with the addition of the vascularized nasoseptal flap (NSF) to an existing reconstruction protocol. ⋯ The addition of NSF to an algorithm for multilayer closure can decrease the rate of postoperative CSF leak.
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Colloid cysts are rare intracerebral lesions that are preferentially encountered within the third ventricle. There are only a few reports in which colloid cysts are described in other locations such as the fourth ventricle, brainstem, cerebellum, and suprasellar region. ⋯ Colloid cysts are rarely found in a suprasellar location. Such a rare diagnosis has to be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients who present with a suprasellar cystic lesion.