A Case of Mucocele in Optic Canal

ABSTRACT

Intraorbital or intracranial mucoceles usually arise from paranasal sinus and enlaarge sufficiently to compress orbital or intracranial structures primary intraorbitocranial mucocele developing from optic canal or anterior clinoid process is extrmely rare. We experienced a case of 48-year-old female patient presenting headache and diplopia with 5 days` duration, whose primary mucocele had arisen from anterior clinoid process near the optic canal unassociated with paranasal sinus. We report the case herein with a review of the literature.