Frontal sinus mucocele - A rare complication of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia

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Atasoy C., Üstüner E., Erden I., Akyar S.

CLINICAL IMAGING, vol.25, no.6, pp.388-391, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00320-5
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.388-391
  • Keywords: fibrous dysplasia, cranium, mucocele, paranasal sinus, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We present plain radiographic, computed tomogaphic and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a 25-year-old female patient with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia (FD). Although FD has a tendency to involve craniofacial bones in a unilateral fashion, the involvement was bilateral and extensive in this case. An additional feature was the presence of a frontal sinus mucocele, presumably due to the involvement of the sinus recess by the dysplastic process. This complication of the craniofacial FD has been reported very infrequently in the literature. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.