Serious symptoms caused by intra-cystic bleeding are very rare. We describe a case of a maxillary cyst presenting with mid-facial deformity in a Japanese woman. She underwent bilateral Caldwell-Luc procedure 21 years earlier and suffered left cheek trauma 4 years earlier. She presented soon after the trauma complaining of left mid-facial deformity, and computed tomography showed a trilocular cy...

Ectopic maxillary third molars (EMTM) are extracted mainly by the Caldwell-Luc technique but also nasal endoscopy. There is currently no consensus on treatment of this eruption and its management heterogeneous multidisciplinary. Two literature searches were performed with time restrictions via Pubmed. In first, we used keywords “ectopic AND molar” in second “dentigerous cyst ectopic molar”. For...

OBJECTIVES To provide a systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for the removal of nasal polyps. DATA SOURCES Searches of electronic databases, websites and reference lists were made to identify relevant studies. REVIEW METHODS An extensive search was performed to identify all articles where FESS is used for the excision of nasal polyps. Two reviewe...