Frontal Mucocele Mimicking a Frontal Subcutaneous Tumor
| Autor: | Shaju Mathew, Krishnaswamy Mahadevan, Ellath Valappil Bijith |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures Case Report Asymptomatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ptosis Frontal medicine and subcutaneous mass Mucocele 030223 otorhinolaryngology Diplopia business.industry 030206 dentistry General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases SUBCUTANEOUS TUMOR Visual field intracranial extension Paranasal sinuses medicine.anatomical_structure Forehead Radiology medicine.symptom business mucocele orbital extension |
| Zdroj: | Asian Journal of Neurosurgery |
| ISSN: | 2248-9614 1793-5482 |
| Popis: | Mucoceles are chronic, expanding, mucosa lined pathology of the paranasal sinuses. Frontal mucocele usually presents with the visual complaints such as diplopia, diminution of vision, visual field defect, ptosis, orbital swelling, retro-orbital pain, displacement of eye globe, and proptosis. Very rarely, it can be present as a subcutaneous swelling. This article presents a 58-year-old male patient presenting with an asymptomatic periorbital swelling and a painless forehead mass of 3 years duration. There was a partial ptosis, and an elongated, soft, subcutaneous mass over the forehead. Surgical excision of the mass confirmed the diagnosis of a mucocele. Postoperatively, the patient was asymptomatic. A subcutaneous soft-tissue mass may be the presenting complaint of a frontal mucocele. Careful examination of the surrounding skin may suggest the diagnosis of sinus-related disease and thus direct appropriate investigations. |
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