Maxillary sinus mucocele presenting as a late complication of a maxillary advancement procedure.
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.
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK. dan07@btinternet.com
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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