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A Case of Nasal Endoscopic Treatment for Paranasal Mucocele  

Cho, Eun-Young (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Choi, Yeon-Kyoung (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Choi, Woong-Chul (Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of The Korean Ophthalmological Society / v.45, no.8, 2004 , pp. 1386-1391 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: We report a case of sphenoid and ethmoid mucocele causing orbital apex syndrome, which was successfully treated with drainage under nasal endoscopy. Methods: A 82-year-old female visited the hospital complaining of decreased visual acuity in her left eye for 15days. Visual acuity of the left eye was hand motion . She also complained of left ocular pain and headache. In ophthalmologic examination, exophthalmos, mild ptosis, extraocular muscle movement limitation and RAPD (relative afferent pupillary defect) of the left eye were found. Orbital CT showed a 3.3${\times}$2.9${\times}$4.1cm sized well-demarcated cystic lesion involving the left sphenoid sinus, left ethmoid sinus, and posterior portion of the right ethmoid sinus. The ethmoid air cell was remodeled by this cystic mass. The medial wall of the left orbit was protruded outward. So, the medial rectus muscle and optic nerve in the left orbit were compressed. We found a bulging yellowish cystic mass supero-posterior to the middle turbinate under nasal endoscopy. We performed incision and drainage under nasal endoscopy. Results: At post-operative 2days, orbit CT showed the removed large mucocele in the sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses. At post-operative 2weeks, corrected visual acuity of the left eye was 0.6. There was no exophthalmos, ptosis, or extraocular muscle movement limitation. Conclusions: Endoscopic surgery in the treatment of paranasal mucocele can be performed during a short time under local anesthesia and anatomical change of the paranasal sinus can be minimized. We therefore suggest that drainage through nasal endoscopy is effective method in the treatment of paranasal sinus mucocele.
Keywords
Endoscopy; Mucocele; Orbital apex syndrome;
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