title: Osteoma of the frontoethmoidal sinus with secondary brain abscess and intracranial mucocele: case report.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 17-year-old patient with an osteoma of the frontoethmoidal sinus who had a secondary abscess of the frontal lobe and an intracranial mucocele. Clinical, radiological, and surgical correlates of this triad are presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shady
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kazee
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pilcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*