title: A nasal mucocele originating from complex facial fractures.
abstract: Mucoceles are benign, epithelial-lined mucous cysts. Commonly mucoceles form secondary to obstruction of a sinus outflow tract or from mucosal gland entrapment from chronic infection, inflammation, iatrogenic trauma, external trauma, or neoplasm. We present a rare case of a nasal mucocele in a 37-year old male arising from a remote history of maxillofacial trauma. To our knowledge, mucoceles associated with nasal bone fractures have not been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose, Throat Institute, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: yichun.liu@uhhospitals.org.
authors.forename: Yi-Chun Carol
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose, Throat Institute, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Nipun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houser
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jarchow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis