Ethmoid pneumatization and a large frontal-orbital-ethmoid mucocele.

ABSTRACT: Frontal-orbital-ethmoid mucocele is a slow-growing retention cyst of the fronto-ethmoid complex secondary to blockage of the sinus ostia. It may produce significant disfigurement of the periorbital region necessitating surgical intervention. Prior to surgery, it is imperative to study the mucocele's extent through the variable patterns of ethmoid pneumatization as evident from clinical, imaging (computed tomogram) and endoscopic evaluation. This is illustrated in a case study of a 41-year-old woman presenting with fullness below the right eyebrow, progressive proptosis, and gaze restriction. The provisional diagnosis of frontal-orbital-ethmoid muco(pyo)cele was confirmed at endoscopic surgery, when it was drained and marsupialized through ethmoidectomy and frontal sinusotomy. Understanding

SUBMITTER: Dutta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6348728 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature