title: Frontal mucocoele communicating with an arachnoid cyst of the anterior cranial fossa.
abstract: Mucocoeles usually involve the frontal sinus and can extend to the orbit or intracranially. In this case symptoms and radiological findings were typical of a left frontal mucocoele with intracranial extension. Intraoperative findings were compatible with a left frontal mucocoele communicating with an arachnoid cyst of the anterior cranial fossa.
authors.affiliation: 1st Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muscatello
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lenzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seccia
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Casani
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior; D005626:Frontal Sinus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography