title: [Voluntary dilating pneumosinus (secondary hernia)].
abstract: In the present work authors describe an unusual case of pneumosinus dilatans caused willingly by a patient himself operated on a frontal-ethmoidal mucocele. They take the opportunity to summarize what it is known about the etiopathogenesis and the form of display of this uncommon disease.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Otorrinolaringología, Universidad de Perugia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Pelliccioli
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Acra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altissimi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004172:Diplopia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver
vernacular_title: Pneumosinus dilatans voluntario (hernia secundaria).