Combined endoscopic transnasal and intrasphenoidal septal approach for the drainage of sphenoid sinusitis with cleft lip: technical note.

Isolated sphenoiditis is an uncommon disease, particularly in children. Immediate antibiotic therapy and/or endoscopic transnasal sphenoidotomy should be performed to avoid fatal complications. However, the commonly used transnasal route is not always available in children with a cleft lip and deviated nasal septum. We report a case of acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis in a 12-year-old boy with a cleft lip and deviated nasal septum. This patient underwent combined endoscopic transnasal and intrasphenoidal septal surgery and improved without septoplasty, which may affect the later growth of the nose.