title: Studies on mucocoeles of the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses: analysis of 47 cases.
abstract: Forty-seven mucocoeles of the ethmoid and/or sphenoid sinuses (33 males, 14 females) were operated on during the 10-years period from 1980 through 1989. Thirty-seven cases were post-operative mucocoele, while the remaining 10 were so-called primary mucocoeles. None of the cases had a history of facial trauma. In the majority of post-operative cases, the mucocoele develops 15-24 years after initial surgery. Paranasal sinus surgery in young patients (teenagers) may lead to a mucocoele due to post-operative scarring in the surgical wound. The principal symptoms include globe displacement, double vision, headache, deep orbital pain, a mass in the supero-medial quadrant of the orbit, visual disturbance, etc. Sufficient opening of the mucocoele wall by the endonasal approach is recommended for surgical treatment of ethmoidal and sphenoidal mucocoeles.
authors.affiliation: Jikei University of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed