Unusual subcutaneous air collection and lipoid meningitis as a complication of fat migration after retrolabyrinthyine vestibular schwannoma resection: Case report and review of the literature

Background Autologous fat grafting is considered a simple, safe technique for reconstructing and optimizing dural closure in skull base surgeries rarely associated with complications. It showed successful results after skull base vestibular schwannoma and meningiomas resection. This article reports a rare case of postoperative lipoid meningitis and surgical site subcutaneous air collection following subarachnoid fat migration from an autologous …