Fractures of frontal sinus account for 5%-12% of all fractures of facial skeleton. Inadequately treated frontal sinus injuries may result in malposition of sinus structures, as well as subsequent distortion of the overlying soft tissue. Such inappropriate treatment can result in aesthetic complaints (contour deformity) as well as medical complications (recurrent sinusitis, mucocele or mucopyoce...

To cite: Rajwani KM, Desai K, Lew-Gor S. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013202737 DESCRIPTION Pott’s puffy tumour is a surgical emergency and an extremely rare complication of frontal sinusitis. It is characterised by osteomyelitis of the frontal bone with an associated subperiosteal abscess. A 61-year-old man presented to the emergency departmen...

1 BackGROund Frontoplasty is an operation for the correction of frontal bone. The anterior wall of the frontal sinus is convex. Its prominence depends on the degree of pneumatization. Reduction of sinus volume is a nice solution for cases with excessive frontal prominence. It is very effective for changing the facial appearance. Originally, it was proposed for transgender transformation of male...

A case of frontal sinusitis with osteomyelitis its posterior wall producing lobe brain abscess is presented, whereby the dehiscence was exposed by external sinostomy an ENT surgeon and then, through dehiscence, drained a neurosurgeon. This uncommon technique draining where no bone craniotomy required. approach yields least damage to cerebral tissue as very close sinus drain has travel minimal i...

Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) has been reported in high frequency among post-menopausal elderly women. Although it was widely discussed in the past, this entity is rarely mentioned in the current pathology literature. We report a postmortem case of a 56 yr-old post-menopausal woman with irregular thickening of the internal surface of the frontal bone. Histology revealed an organized trab...

Deformities of cranial sutures such as craniosynostosis and enlarged parietal foramina greatly impact human development and quality of life. Here we have examined the role of the extracellular matrix protein ameloblastin (Ambn), a recent addition to the family of non-collagenous extracellular bone matrix proteins, in craniofacial bone development and suture formation. Using RT-PCR, western blot...

Anterior encephaloceles have been extensively reported and classified. Most have occurred at the juncture of the anterior part of the sphenoid with the pars orbitalis of the frontal bone. This corresponds to the region of either the crista galli or the cribriform plate. Encephaloceles in this location are seen in the region of the glabella, medial orbit, or in the nasal cavity or nasopharnyx an...

objective: the aim of present study was to evaluate the quality, density and thickness of newly formed bone in experimental defects treated with combi-pack®, bio-oss® and biostite®. materials and methods: eight new zealand white rabbits were included in this randomized,blinded study. four equal 3×6 mm bone defects were created on the frontal and parietal bones of each animal and three were imme...

Figure 1. Intraoperative photograph demonstrating disruption of anterior table of frontal bone following debulking of subcutaneous mass.