title: Anterior clinoid mucocele coexisting with sphenoid sinus mucocele.
abstract: An anterior clinoid mucocele, known to be extremely rare, can lead to visual complications due to its proximity to the optic nerve. We report a patient who developed visual disturbance due to an anterior clinoid mucocele. Interestingly, the anterior clinoid mucocele coexisted with a sphenoid sinus mucocele. When an anterior clinoid mucocele coexists with a sphenoid sinus mucocele, more deliberate diagnostic and therapeutic approaches must be considered according to our first experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soon Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Si Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joo-Heon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009900:Optic Nerve; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity