title: [Frontal sinus mucoceles apropos of 35 cases].
abstract: 35 cases of frontal sinus mucoceles treated from 1977 to 1991 are reported. The average of age was 41 years with 74% of men. The clinical presentation was a frontal or fronto-orbital pyocele in 40% of the cases, with palpebral fistula in 11 cases; one patient had visual loss. Unilateral exophtalmos was the initial complaint among five patients (14%). Surgical treatment, surrounded by massive antibiotherapy, required always curettage and aeration of the sinus by desobstruction of the nasofrontal duct and insertion of a tube in the duct to the nasal cavity. Exenteration was mandatory in one patient. Failure was due to recurrence in 3 cases. The gravity of paranasal sinuses mucoceles prescribe a correct evaluation of their usual predisposing factors.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ORL et de Chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHR de Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diouf
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ndamage
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tall
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ndiaye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Mucocèles du sinus frontal à propos de 35 cas.