Autologous Fat Injection for the Correction of Facial Depression Resulting From Silent Sinus Syndrome

J Craniofac Surg. 2019 May/Jun;30(3):e191-e192. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005058.

Abstract

The case of a 59-year-old woman who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for right maxillary sinusitis 5 years before visiting our otorhinolaryngologic department complaining of right-sided facial depression was described in this study. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed right facial depression and retraction of the orbital floor due to a hypoplastic right maxillary sinus. Symptoms and CT findings corresponded with silent sinus syndrome. Facial depression is a rare symptom in silent sinus syndrome and is well corrected by autologous fat transfer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / transplantation*
  • Endoscopy
  • Enophthalmos / etiology
  • Enophthalmos / therapy*
  • Face / pathology*
  • Face / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Maxillary Sinus / surgery
  • Maxillary Sinusitis / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbit / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Transplantation, Autologous