A Case of Pneumocele in the Ethmoid Sinus / 대한이비인후과학회지
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
;
: 242-244, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-650515
ABSTRACT
Pneumocele is the pathologic expansion of an air-containing paranasal sinus that causes thinning of the bony sinus walls and displacement of nearby structures. This abnormality probably results from a physiological block in the rapid equilibration of intrasinus air pressure through the major sinus ostium and as a result of some abnormality producing a one-way valvular mechanism. A 41-year-old man had complained of headache, diplopia and periorbital pain on left side which aggravated after nose blowing. A computed tomographic scan showed a hyperlucent, expanded left ethmoid sinus. We treated the condition by endoscopic marsupialization of the anterior ethmoid sinus. Six months later, headache and periorbital pain have subsided, but diplopia has remained.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Nose
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Air Pressure
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Diplopia
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Ethmoid Sinus
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Headache
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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