[Spontaneous ethmoid pneumocele in chronic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis and polyposis (author's transl)].
A 47 year old man with asthma, allergic rhinitis, and chronic maxillary and ethmoid sinusitis and polyposis, in whom for 2 years intraorbital pressure symptoms are experienced on nose-blowing, sneezing and coughing, is presented. Paranasal sinus X-rays demonstrated an intraorbital pneumocoele that increased in size with Valsalva manoeuvre. The diagnosis, pathology and treatment of intraorbital emphysema and pneumoceles are discussed.
D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications*
Spontane Siebbeinpneumozele auf dem Boden einer chronisch-polypösen Sinusitis maxillaris und Ethmoiditis.