Professional paper

The frontal sinus mucocele as war injury consequence

Stjepan Grabovac ; General hospital Bjelovar, Department for diseases of ear, neck and nose
Kristina Košćak ; General hospital Bjelovar, Department for diseases of eyes diseases

Abstract

A frontal sinus mucocele is a benign formation covered with mucous content epithel, which shows a tendency of spreading and surrounding bone structure destruction. It can appear as a consequence of frontal sinus injury many years later as a rare and serious complication due to drainage and aerisation disturbance caused by sinus duct narrowing. The article describes a patient with a big frontal sinus mucocele, which appeared as a late war injury consequence in the forehead and nose area 13 years after the injury. Due to pain in the left eye, the patient was referred to an ophthalmologist. The CT demonstrated a sharply edged, soft tissue lesion of 30mm in diameter, which refers left frontal sinus mucocele spreading outside the bone borders and pressing the eye. It was treated by a combination of endoscopic and open surgical approach.

Keywords

Frontal sinus mucocele; war injury

Hrčak ID:

29505

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29505

Publication date:

1.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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