title: Maxillary sinus mucocele presenting as a late complication of a maxillary advancement procedure.
abstract: Paranasal sinus mucoceles are benign, locally expansile cyst-like masses that are filled with mucus and lined with epithelium. Less than one per cent of them involve the maxillary sinus. Most of these are late complications of a Caldwell Luc procedure. A case is presented of a 31-year-old woman with a maxillary sinus mucocele who had undergone a Le Fort I maxillary advancement procedure 15 years previously - a complication never previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK. dan07@btinternet.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thio
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009078:Mucocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed