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Giant frontal pyomucocele

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https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2012002008
Yüce, S., Doğan, M., Önder Uysal, İsmail, Dursun, A., Salk, İsmail, & Elif Altuntaş, E. (2012). Giant frontal pyomucocele. ENT Updates, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2012002008
Volume 2 Issue 2 (2012)
Copyright (c) 2012 Salim Yüce, Mansur Doğan, İsmail Önder Uysal, Ayhan Dursun, İsmail Salk, Emine Elif Altuntaş
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Authors

  • Salim Yüce
    Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • Mansur Doğan Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • İsmail Önder Uysal Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • Ayhan Dursun Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • İsmail Salk Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • Emine Elif Altuntaş Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

Giant mucoceles of the frontal sinus are rare but their recognition is 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.

Keywords:

Giant frontal sinus mucocele external approach endoscopic frontal sinusotomy