Silent sinus syndrome due to a maxillary mucocele
| Autor: | Tee Yong Tan, S Shashinder, Viswaraja Subrayan, Gopala Krishnan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Maxillary sinus Mucocele Atelectasis Enophthalmos Diplopia otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Medicine Sinusitis Antrum Collapse (medical) business.industry Syndrome General Medicine medicine.disease Maxillary Diseases Surgery Silent sinus syndrome medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Auris Nasus Larynx. 35:285-287 |
| ISSN: | 0385-8146 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anl.2007.04.008 |
| Popis: | Silent sinus syndrome is a rare clinical condition in which patients present with spontaneous enophthalmos and hypoglobus secondary to collapse of orbital floor due to chronic subclinical maxillary sinusitis. It is postulated that obstruction of the osteomeatal complex lead to negative antrum pressure which causes the maxillary sinus atelectasis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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