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Transsphenoidal canal

Case contributed by Rozhin Omer Qadir
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Mass in the epipharynx associated with difficulty in breathing.

Patient Data

Age: 3 months
Gender: Male
mri

There is a large 6.6 mm defect in the midline of the sphenoid body extending from the sellar floor to the nasopharynx (craniopharyngeal canal) associated with a transsphenoidal encephalocele.

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