title: Frontal mucocele presenting with forehead subcutaneous mass: an unusual presentation.
abstract: Frontal mucocele usually presents with visual complaints like diplopia, diminution of vision, visual field defect, ptosis, orbital swelling, retro-orbital pain, displacement of eye-globe and proptosis. Very rarely it can present as a subcutaneous swelling. To the best of the authors' knowledge, only two cases of frontal mucocele presenting with a forehead mass have been reported in the western literature. Authors report an unusual case of frontal mucocele in a 53-year- old female who presented with painless slowly progressive subcutaneous swelling of five-year duration on the forehead. The case is discussed and the pertinent literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Neurosurgery, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borkar
authors.forename: Anuj Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: Gurudutt
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Satyarthee
authors.forename: Bhavani Shankar
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Ashok Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed