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Pediatric Emergency Care:
December 2008 - Volume 24 - Issue 12 - pp 845-846
doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31818ea0bd
Illustrative Cases

Ethmoid Mucocele Presenting as an Orbital Mass

Diaz, Maria Carmen G. MD; Schmidt, Richard J. MD

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Abstract

This is a case of an 11-year-old male with an ethmoid sinus mucocele who presented to our emergency department with an orbital mass. This mucocele was most likely related to an ipsilateral orbital subperiosteal abscess that required endoscopic drainage 9years ago. Mucoceles are mucus-filled, epithelial-lined sacs that slowly develop in the paranasal sinuses when sinus drainage is obstructed by inflammatory processes, trauma, or prior surgery. They are rare in children and should be suspected in patients with progressive headache or orbital complaints.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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