Post-Traumatic Frontal Mucocele: Exceptional Cause and Frequent Recurrence

Bilateral frontal sinus mucocele.

A male patient aged 37 years with a history of cranioencephalic trauma 21 years ago, reports a left frontal tumor beginning 4 months ago. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion suggesting mucocele (Figure 1). The patient underwent endoscopic bilateral frontal ethmoid sinusectomy. The option was made for external left frontal ethmoidectomy due to intense bone sclerosis in the frontal reces...

Management of frontal mucocele with frontal fracture

Post-Traumatic Pneumocele of the Frontal Sinus

A pneumocele is an abnormal dilatation of a paranasal sinus, most commonly affecting the frontal sinus. Although the etiology of pneumocele is not entirely known, several causative factors have been suggested including trauma, surgery, tumor and infection. We report here a case of post-traumatic pneumocele of the frontal sinus following a head trauma.

[Atypical frontal sinus mucocele. A case report].

CLINICAL CASE We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who developed a tender, painful mass in the left superior eyelid over a period of about 6 months. This was a frontal mucocele with atypical clinical and histopathologic features. DISCUSSION Most mucoceles arise from the frontal or ethmoidal sinuses. Frontal mucoceles usually cause outward and downward displacement of the globe, and are oft...

Endoscopic sinus surgery of frontal mucocele.

The findings and symptoms associated with a mucocele depend on its location and on the extent of bony erosion. Men and women are affected equally, and these lesions are mostly encountered during the third and fourth decades of life. We describe a frontal mucocele that accompanied diplopia, headache, and displacement of orbita and was successfully managed by endoscopic sinus surgery and medical ...