Maxillary sinusitis as a cause of cheek swelling. A rare occurrence.
Inflammatory swelling of the cheek is an extremely rare complication of antral sinusitis. When such swelling occurs, diagnostic search for a specific coexisting condition must be made. The differential diagnosis includes a postsurgical or posttraumatic defect in the anterior antral wall; an unusual fungal, granulomatous, or neoplastic disease of the maxillary sinus; dental infection; or dacryocystitis.
D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D008875:Middle Aged; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis