title: Giant maxillary mucocele occurring after reduction malarplasty.
abstract: Reduction malarplasty for patients with a prominent malar complex is a popular procedure in Asia. However, a range of complications have been reported after reduction malarplasty, such as hematoma, orbital complications, asymmetric face, and nonunion. A medially displaced fracture or bony fragment can induce sinusitis and subsequent trauma to bones in combination with chronic inflammatory processes, which can lead to chronic obstruction of mucus-secreting glands. In our case, 46-year-old man presented with a large mucocele in the maxillary sinus after malar reduction approximately 20 years ago.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical School, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyo-In
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Si-Gyun
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: Nae-Ho
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung-Moo
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery