A case of pyocele of the ethmoid sinus

Kim, Mi Ra; Kwak, Jeoung Tak; Yu, Tai Hyun; Lee, Jong Dam

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1990.1.2.127

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990; 1(2):127-130

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1990.1.2.127

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사골동 농낭종 치험 1례

김미라¹, 곽정택¹, 유태현¹, 이종담¹

A case of pyocele of the ethmoid sinus

Mi Ra Kim¹, Jeoung Tak Kwak¹, Tai Hyun Yu¹, Jong Dam Lee¹

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¹高神ᄎ學醫學部耳鼻咽喉科學教室

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Kosin Medical College

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Mucocele is a cystic swelling of the frontal sinus, ethmoid sinus or fronto-ethmoid sinus which retains seromucoid secretion within an initially epithelium-lined space, and an infected mucocele is termed pyocele.

They occur in relation to the blockage of the natural sinus ostium.

We experienced 1 case of ethmoid pyocele.

The case was treated with Caldwell-Luc’s operation and intranasal ethmoidectomy，we obtained good result.

Thus, we present this case with a brief review of the literature.