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Maxillary sinus mucocele presenting as a late complication of a maxillary advancement procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. Thio ,
S. De ,
P. D. Phelps  and
A. P. Bath
D. Thio
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK.
S. De
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK.
P. D. Phelps
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK.
A. P. Bath
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK.
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Abstract

Paranasal sinus mucoceles are benign, locally expansile cyst-like masses that are filled with mucus and lined with epithelium. Less than one per cent of them involve the maxillary sinus. Most of these are late complications of a Caldwell Luc procedure. A case is presented of a 31-year-old woman with a maxillary sinus mucocele who had undergone a Le Fort I maxillary advancement procedure 15 years previously – a complication never previously reported.

Keywords

Maxillary SinusMucoceleSurgical Procedures OperativePostoperative Complications
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 5 , May 2003 , pp. 402 - 403
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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