Giant frontal pyomucocele

Yuce S., DOĞAN M., Uysal I. O., Dursun A., ŞALK İ., ALTUNTAŞ E. E.

ENT UPDATES, vol.2, no.2, pp.85-87, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.2399/jmu.2012002008
  • Journal Name: ENT UPDATES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-87
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

important in the differential diagnosis of proptosis and fronto-orbital lesions. We describe a patient with frontal giant mucocele with intracranial as well as orbit and ethmoid sinus involvement. A 53-year-old male was admitted with headache, right exophthalmos and ophthalmoplegia. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a giant frontal sinus mucocele with extension into the left anterior cranial fossa and orbit. The mucocele was treated with a transcranial and endoscopic transnasal approach.