Antral mucoceles: a new look.
Antral mucoceles are more common than previously reported and probably represent 10% of all paranasal sinus mucoceles. The majority are primary, involve the entire sinus, and result from inflammatory, allergic, or malignant disease. Postoperative mucoceles involve only a portion of the antrum and have a different etiology and appearance. A review of the radiographic findings in antral mucoceles is presented, and a rare mucocele of a septated antral compartment in an otherwise normal sinus is reported. The various causes, roentgen appearances, and the differential diagnoses are discussed.
D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed