ABSTRACT
CLINICAL CASE: We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who developed a tender, painful mass in the left superior eyelid over a period of about 6 months. This was a frontal mucocele with atypical clinical and histopathologic features. DISCUSSION: Most mucoceles arise from the frontal or ethmoidal sinuses. Frontal mucoceles usually cause outward and downward displacement of the globe, and are often associated with fullness in the supero-nasal and medial canthal region and a palpable mass.
Subject(s)
Frontal Sinus , Mucocele/diagnosis , Paranasal Sinus Diseases/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Caso clínico: Presentar un caso clínico de un mucocele de características clínicas e histopatológicas atípicas. Se informa de una paciente femenina de 46 años quien presentó una masa dolorosa en el párpado superior izquierdo de 6 meses de evolución. Discusión: Los sitios de origen más frecuentes de los mucoceles son los senos frontales seguidos de los senos etmoidales. Los mucoceles de origen frontal suelen desplazar el ojo hacia abajo y afuera; y pueden ser palpados por debajo del reborde orbitario anteromedial (AU)
Clinical case: We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who developed a tender, painful mass in the left superior eyelid over a period of about 6 months. This was a frontal mucocele with atypical clinical and histopathologic features. Discussion: Most mucoceles arise from the frontal or ethmoidal sinuses. Frontal mucoceles usually cause outward and downward displacement of the globe, and are often associated with fullness in the superonasal and medial canthal region and a palpable mass (AU)
