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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1984;27(1): 79-83. |
A Case of Mucocele of the Frontal Sinus |
Chong Nahm Kim, MD, Sung Min Chung, MD, and Seung Hee Baek, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea |
전두동에 발생한 거대한 점액 낭종 1예 |
김종남 · 정성민 · 백승희 |
이화여자대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Mucocele is a characteristic swelling of frontal sinus, ethmoid sinus which contains mucous secretion. It may produce orbital complication such as orbital cellulitis, conjunctival edema and eyelid swelling as the cyst is progressively expanded. Authors experienced a case of giant mucocele in frontal sinus, which was found 65 year-old female. The case was treated external frontal approch & intranasal ethmoidectomy with intranasal Nelaton catether insertion. So, we present this case with a brief review of the
literature.
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