title: Giant intracranial mucocele secondary to osteoma of the frontal sinuses: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Two cases are reported in which the growth of an osteoma of the frontal sinuses led to the formation of a secondary lesion, an intracranial mucocele, with marked mass effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Neurosurgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Missori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Di Lorenzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fortuna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000209:etiology*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000150:complications*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*