A Case of Pneumocele in the Ethmoid Sinus.
- Author:
Tae Young JANG
1
;
Seung Won PARK
;
Young Suk YUN
;
Dong Hak JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Inha University, Inchon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pneumocele;
Ethmoid sinus;
Endoscopic marsupialization
- MeSH:
Adult;
Air Pressure;
Diplopia;
Ethmoid Sinus*;
Headache;
Humans;
Nose
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1999;42(2):242-244
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pneumocele is the pathologic expansion of an air-containing paranasal sinus that causes thinning of the bony sinus walls and displacement of nearby structures. This abnormality probably results from a physiological block in the rapid equilibration of intrasinus air pressure through the major sinus ostium and as a result of some abnormality producing a one-way valvular mechanism. A 41-year-old man had complained of headache, diplopia and periorbital pain on left side which aggravated after nose blowing. A computed tomographic scan showed a hyperlucent, expanded left ethmoid sinus. We treated the condition by endoscopic marsupialization of the anterior ethmoid sinus. Six months later, headache and periorbital pain have subsided, but diplopia has remained.
