Use of a second dismasking flap for a recurrent skull base tumor

Abstract

The dismasking flap is a very useful approach for skull base tumors. We report a rare case of using this flap in which the recurrent skull base tumor could be resected completely. A 51-year-old man presented with a recurrent mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the skull base in July 2006, 3 years after the first resection of the tumor with skull base reconstruction. We resected the recurrent tumor by using the dismasking flap and midfacial degloving methods in September 2006. He had no complications and enjoyed a high quality of life after the operation.