Endoscopic sinus surgery for maxillary sinus mucoceles.docVIP

Head Face Medicine BioMedCentral Research Open Access Endoscopic sinus surgery for maxillary sinus mucoceles Fatma Caylakli*, Haluk Yavuz?, Alper Can Cagici? and Levent Naci Ozluoglu? Address: Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara, Turkey Email: Fatma Caylakli* - fcaylakli@; Haluk Yavuz - dr_halukyavuz@; Alper Can Cagici - ccagici@; Levent Naci Ozluoglu - leventozluoglu@.tr * Corresponding author ?Equal contributors Published: 06 September 2006 Received: 28 February 2006 Accepted: 06 September 2006 Head Face Medicine 2006, 2:29 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-2-29 This article is available from: /content/2/1/29 ? 2006 Caylakli et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Maxillary sinus mucoceles are relatively rare among all paranasal sinus mucoceles. With the introduction of endoscopic sinus surgical techniques, rhinologic surgeons prefer transnasal endoscopic management of sinus mucoceles. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical presentation of maxillary sinus mucoceles and to establish the efficacy of endoscopic management of sinus mucoceles. Methods: Between 2003 and 2005, 14 patients underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for maxillary sinus mucocele. The presenting sign and symptoms, radiological findings, surgical management and need for revision surgery were reviewed. Results: There were eight males and six females with an age range of 14 to 65. Ten patients complained of nasal obstruction, five of nasal drainage, five of cheek pressure or pain and one of proptosis of the eye and cheek swelling. The maxillary sinus and ipsilateral ethmoid sinus involvemen