The endonasal endoscopic management of pediatric lateral frontal mucocele

Abdullah AlShakhs; Ali AlMomen; Maha Alharbi; Fadhel Almolani; Abdullah Alawadh; Mohammed Alameer

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.12.040

The endonasal endoscopic management of pediatric lateral frontal mucocele

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Jan:78:405-409. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.12.040. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Authors

Abdullah AlShakhs¹, Ali AlMomen², Maha Alharbi³, Fadhel Almolani⁴, Abdullah Alawadh⁵, Mohammed Alameer¹

Affiliations

¹ King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.
² Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: ali.moumen@kfsh.med.sa.
³ ENT Trainee Resident, Saudi ORL Program, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Radiology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Omran General Hospital, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this report is to show the usefulness of endoscopic sinus surgery in management of lateral frontal mucocele in pediatric patient.

Case presentation: A 14 years old girl presented with right frontal bone depression and headache. CT and MRI showed lateral mucocele occupying the right frontal sinus. The patient was managed successfully by image-guided endoscopic sinus surgery and she was well after two years follow up.

Discussion & conclusion: Frontal mucoceles in children are rare. We report a rare case of a child with lateral frontal mucocele with no known etiology, treated successfully by image-guided endoscopic sinus surgery with no recurrence after two years follow-up. This case shows the usefulness of image-guided endoscopic sinus surgery in treatment of lateral frontal mucocele in children.

Keywords: Case report; Endoscopic; Frontal sinus; Image guided; Lateral; Mucocele; Pediatric.

Publication types

Case Reports