title: Postoperative maxillary cyst: a case report.
abstract: Postoperative maxillary cyst is a quite rare delayed complication of surgical intervention associated with maxillary sinuses. It occurs many years after surgery. This paper describes a 54-year-old woman presenting with swelling of left cheek for seven-years duration. The orthopantomograph revealed a unilocular cystic radiolucency with well-defined margins in left maxillary sinus. In the computerized tomography, the cyst had a sclerotic wall with bony condensations. Aspiration cytology revealed many neutrophil leukocytes. Cyst was drained and enucleated. Histopathologically, it had a fibrous wall with inflammation and focal reactive bone formation and lined by a respiratory-type epithelium. In the clinical history, it is learned that she had a maxillary sinus surgery 8 years ago and the diagnosis was made considering the clinical and histopathological findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, MESA Hospital, Yasam Caddesi no 5, Sogutozu, 06510 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asiye Şafak
authors.initials: AŞ
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.forename: Celal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sehlaver
authors.forename: Alp Korkut
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Perçin