Mucoceles of the Paranasal Sinuses
Authors:
J. Lukáš; P. Diblík; L. Špelina; L. Pekař
Authors‘ workplace:
ORL oddělení VFN, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. M. Hroboň, CSc. Oční klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. M. Filipec, CSc. Radiologická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. J. Daneš, CSc. Chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Pra
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Čes. a slov. Oftal., , 2001, No. 2, p. 115-120
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Overview
In a retrospective study authors refer to the treatment results in four patientswith mucocele of the paranasal sinuses, whowerehospitalized during a 30-monthsperiod at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Charles UniversityHospital, in Prague, Czech Republic. In all patients the frontal sinus was involved,in three cases the involvement was unilateral, in one case bilateral. In the medicalhistory of all patients, an injury, inflammation, or surgery of the paranasal sinusin the past (5 - 30 years ago) were present. In three patients, proptosis of the eye,swollen upper eyelid, and diplopia were discovered firstly by ocular examination.All patients underwent external approach surgical treatment, in four cases it wasthe frontoethmoidectomy sec. Jansen-Ritter, in one case the osteoplastic frontalcraniotomy was performed. The postoperative follow-up period is 2 - 30 months.
Key words:
mucocele, complications, frontoethmoidectomy, osteoplastic frontalcraniotomy
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OphthalmologyArticle was published in
Czech and Slovak Ophthalmology
2001 Issue 2
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