title: [Mucocele of the paranasal sinuses].
abstract: Twelve cases selected from the group of 123 chronic rhinosinusitis patients are presented in the paper. Severe headaches were noted as the most typical complaints of the clinical picture of the disease. The most cases were accompanied by rhinitis and paranasal sinusitis symptoms. The best diagnostic method of mucocele is MRI. The endoscopic sinus surgery is a safe and effective method of the treatment in a case of mucocele.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Otolaryngologii AM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krzeski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arcimowicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome