title: Giant frontoethmoid mucocele with intracranial extension: case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who came to us with a giant frontoethmoid mass that had extended into the intracranial region and invaded the left orbit. We removed the lesion in its entirety via a combined intranasal and transcranial approach. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different surgical approaches, and we explain why we recommend a combined approach for the type of giant lesion that we encountered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey. hcansiz@turk.net
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cansiz
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yener
authors.forename: M Güven
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Güvenç
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canbaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior / Q000473:pathology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery