INTRODUCTION A pneumocele is an abnormal dilation of an air-containing sinus beyond the normal margins of bone, with associated bony thinning. A delayed ethmoid pneumocele after sinus surgery has not previously been reported. METHODS A case report of a patient with a delayed ethmoid pneumocele after sinus surgery. The diagnostic workup, operative approach, and postoperative results were evalu...

An infant boy presented at birth with a large mass protruding from the left orbit that significantly displaced the left globe laterally and inferiorly . Biopsy of the mass was performed the next day, yielding the diagnosis of infantile myofibromatosis. Therapy was considered but the parents opted for no treatment, although they agreed to yearly CT follow-up examinations. The CT study at the tim...

Ectopic eruption of teeth occurs in a variety of locations. Commonly seen in palate and maxillary sinus, they have also been reported in nasal cavity, orbit, mandibular condyle, coronoid process, and facial skin.Here, we report a rare case of recurrent sinusitis caused by ectopic tooth in right ethmoid sinus and successful endoscopic removal of it. The symptoms of the patient disappeared after ...

The aim is to underline the importance of preserving ocular globe in surgery of ethmoid tumor extended to the orbit, especially in those cases without orbital periosteum invasion. The method consists in a synthesized exposure of the preoperative strategy/plan in approach of cases with ethmoid tumor extended to the orbit and presentation of a selected clinical case. Establishing a preoperative p...

The paranasal sinuses are known to be a rare location for metastasis. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most frequent primary tumor to metastasize to the sinonasal region, followed by lung and breast cancer. In particular, clear cell type RCC, which represents approximately 85% of RCCs, is characterized by early metastasis, and it sometimes spreads to unusual sites (1, 2). Metastatic tumors in ...

Mucormycosis (MCR) involving paranasal sinuses is a rare life-threatening opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. In humans, MCR considered as one of the most rapidly progressive lethal forms fungal with high mortality rate 70–100%. During second wave COVID-19 India, cases have increased rapidly. We herein report case 70-year-old Indian male an uncontrolled diabetes diagnosed ...

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), which is highly aggressive, with a tendency for multifocality, local invasion, and with a high metastatic potential. Less than forty cases of BSCC of the sinonasal tract have been reported in the literature, and no reports were found on sinonasal BSCC arising from the ethmoid sinus. We report the case of...

Aspirates from 26 acutely and 17 chronically infected ethmoid sinuses were studied. Thirty-seven aerobes and 10 anaerobes were recovered from isolates from patients with acute sinusitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae were predominant. Twenty-seven aerobes and 41 anaerobes were found in isolates from patients with chronic sinusitis. The predominant isolates were anaerobic g...