A paranasal sinus mucocele is an epithelial-lined, mucus-containing sac that completely fills the and forms expandable cystic structure. It most commonly affects frontal ethmoidal sinuses, rarely maxillary sphenoid sinuses. Orbital displacement or external disfigurement resulting from expansion of ethmoid sinuses common; however, facial asymmetry caused by bone remodeling rare. We describe a ca...

This case report details an association of chronic allergic conjunctivitis and respiratory tract colonization in a cystic fibrosis (CF) patient due to an ethmoidal mucocele infected with Escherichia coli. A 3-year-old CF patient presented for evaluation with complaints of chronic periocular erythema, conjunctival injection, and irritation for 2 years. He was treated for presumed allergic conjun...

introduction frontal sinus mucoceles are the commonest among all paranasal mucoceles. with introduction of functional endoscopic sinus surgery, surgeons prefer endoscopic management of sinus mucoceles, but lesions that appear in the lateral part of the frontal sinus can be difficult to access and often need external approaches. case presentation we described a lateral frontal sinus mucocele wit...

PURPOSE To present a technique to improve the surgical treatment of frontal sinus mucocele and its recurrence. METHODS Nine procedures performed on eight patients by a team of ENT and Ophthalmic orbital surgeons. Data collected included patient demographics, surgical details, pathological findings and complications. The surgical technique involved an external approach via the upper eyelid ski...