title: [Mucocele: a cause of exophthalmos originating blindness].
abstract: Inflammatory exophthalmos with visual loss due to optic atrophy is reported in a 45-year-old man. Computed tomography showed an ethmoido-frontal mucocel. This single case stresses the severe complication of a mucocel like optic nerve head atrophy. The different tools for diagnosis and treatment are also emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital général, Dijon.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desvaux
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mingaud
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcher
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morizot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bron
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004630:Emergencies; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications*; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: La mucocèle: une cause d'exophtalmie à l'origine de cécité.