Multiple Traumatic Pyomucocele.
- Author:
Il Kang KIM
1
;
Dong Jin YUM
;
Sung Ho PARK
;
Choon Dong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea. ilkang21@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pyomucocele;
Preseptal cellulitis;
Temporal space abscess
- MeSH:
Adult;
Ethmoid Sinus;
Frontal Sinus;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Mucocele;
Paranasal Sinuses;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of Rhinology
2008;15(2):144-147
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The mucocele of paranasal sinuses is a mucus-filled, epithelial-lined cystic structure resulting from the destruction of the sinus ostia secondary by recurrent inflammation, trauma or intrinsic disease. A 42-year-old man was presented with a left periorbital swelling that developed 7 days ago. CT scan revealed mass lesions with soft tissue density in the left anterior ethmoid and frontal sinus. MRI showed a well- demarcated cystic mass in the left anterior ethmoid sinus with a high signal on both the T1-weighted and T2-weighted images as well as in the left frontal sinus with a low signal on the T1-weighted images and a high signal on the T2- weighted images. The patient subsequently underwent the removal of the left anterior ethmoid and frontal mucocele via a Lynch's approach and a left endoscopic anterior ethmoidectomy. He has no recurrence 6 months after surgery.
