Sarcoma of Antrum, Ethmoid, &c.

A Case of Sarcoma of the Upper Jaw with Sinusitis of the Antrum of Highmore

Fibrous dysplasia of ethmoid.

FIBROUS dysplasia is a peculiar clinical entity, which is of interest to the Otolaryngologist, because at times it involves one of the paranasal sinuses. Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is the name applied by Lichtenstein (1938) to a polyostotic or monostotic condition apparently due to a perverted activity of the specific bone-forming mesenchyme. It is most frequently localized in the femur, tib...

Aspergilloma of the ethmoid.

SINCE the early records of aspergillus infections of the upper respiratory tract in man (Zarniko 1891; Schubert 1885), there have been sporadic reports in the literature from various parts of the world. These give the impression that while the incidence of the infection naturally varies in different countries, it is on the whole_uncommon_ (Andersen and Stenderup 1956; Montreuil 1955), but has b...

Progressive Ethmoid Hematoma in Horses

Progressive ethmoid hematoma is a widely recognized disease process in horses but has an incompletely understood etiopathogenesis. The mass lesion of progressive ethmoid hematoma expands by repeated hemorrhage and is usually extensive when a diagnosis is made. Diagnostic techniques (e.g., upper airway endoscopy, radiography, computed tomography) aid in determining the extent of a progressive et...

An ethmoid mucocele causing diplopia

RATIONALE Mucocele is a disease lined primarily by epithelium, and occurs mainly when the sinus ostium is obstructed. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a case of a 37-year-old man who presented with painless proptosis of the right eye and diplopia. DIAGNOSES The preoperative finding was mucocele of the ethmoid sinus. INTERVENTIONS We performed endoscopic sinus surgery, which included uncapping o...