-Abstract- The mucocele is originated from the paranasal sinus, and commonly occurred, following the dermoid cyst in frequency. The etiology is controversial, but they are thought to result from local obstruction of a sinus ostium. Most cases take the...
-Abstract- The mucocele is originated from the paranasal sinus, and commonly occurred, following the dermoid cyst in frequency. The etiology is controversial, but they are thought to result from local obstruction of a sinus ostium. Most cases take the benign course.
In the past, the optimal treatment of mucocele are radical operations, which is complete removal of all mucous membrane within the sinus, subsequent obliteration or collapsing, and maintaining the opening site of the sinus. But recently, nasal endoscopic drainage of orbital mucocele affords the potential for dramatically reducing operative morbidity of surgery, minimal bleeding and short operative time. Also following surgery, direct endoscopic visualization of the area enables accurate follow-up The authors experienced a case of the mucocele which suspect that it originated from the ethmoidal sinus by considering its clinical features and orbital CT, and have been encouraged with treating it by the nasal endoscopic marsupialization. And so we report that endoscopic approach marsupialization appears to be good alternative for the treatment of orbital mucocele.