A rare presentation of a mucocele in a separate compartment of maxillary sinus

Mohamed M Elashry; Hamad Alharbi; Asmaa Elgbry; Lamiaa Elsharkawy; Wafaa Saleh

doi:10.1177/2050313X221149360

A rare presentation of a mucocele in a separate compartment of maxillary sinus

SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2023 Jan 24:11:2050313X221149360. doi: 10.1177/2050313X221149360. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Mohamed M Elashry¹, Hamad Alharbi², Asmaa Elgbry³, Lamiaa Elsharkawy³, Wafaa Saleh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
³ Radiology Department, Sharm-Elsheikh International Hospital, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
⁴ Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Diagnosis and Oral Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

Abstract

Maxillary sinus is frequently presented as a single space within each maxilla. It drains directly into the nose through the middle meatus. We are reporting the second rare case of a mucocele in a separate compartment of maxillary sinus in a 26-year-old patient without a history of facial trauma. The non-contrast computed tomography of paranasal sinuses showed an expansile right infraorbital cystic lesion developed in an upper lateral position of the maxillary sinus. An excision biopsy was performed, which showed histopathological findings of a maxillary sinus mucocele.

Keywords: Maxillary antrum; cyst; mucocele.

Publication types

Case Reports