title: [Irreversible bilateral amaurosis secondary to the course of ethmofrontal mucocele].
abstract: We present a carrier of a mucocele ethmofrontal patient's case that relapsed after surgical treatments and that, subsequently, it caused an intense bilateral and amaurosis. This was attributed to the bilateral atrophy of the optician nerve secondary to the evolution of the own mucocele. It discussed the frequency of this kind of complications in the bibliographical revision made.
authors: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Vallés
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Palomar
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Blanc
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Sevil
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Fumanal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Amaurosis bilateral definitiva secundaria a la evolución de un mucocele etmoidofrontal.