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Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Mucoceles are mucus-filled, epithelial-lined sacs that slowly develop in the paranasal sinuses when sinus or concha bullosa drainage is obstructed by inflammatory processes, trauma, or prior surgery. They are extremely rare in children. Symptoms usually arise from the nasal obstruction...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24284013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-246 |
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author | Aslan, Gaffar Ugur, Mehmet Birol Başsüllü, Nuray |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Mucoceles are mucus-filled, epithelial-lined sacs that slowly develop in the paranasal sinuses when sinus or concha bullosa drainage is obstructed by inflammatory processes, trauma, or prior surgery. They are extremely rare in children. Symptoms usually arise from the nasal obstruction or compression of neighboring structures. CASE PRESENTATION: This case report describes a 5-year-old Turkish boy with a 3-year history of nasal obstruction. A computed tomography scan showed a well-defined soft tissue density lesion, seemingly originating in the region of the middle concha and was suggestive of a middle concha mucocele. The mass was removed by endoscopic sinus surgery. CONCLUSIONS: In the case of a child presenting with nasal obstruction, mucocele should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of intranasal tumors. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful in making the diagnosis and endoscopic nasal surgery has proven successful in the treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-42191812014-11-05 Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report Aslan, Gaffar Ugur, Mehmet Birol Başsüllü, Nuray J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Mucoceles are mucus-filled, epithelial-lined sacs that slowly develop in the paranasal sinuses when sinus or concha bullosa drainage is obstructed by inflammatory processes, trauma, or prior surgery. They are extremely rare in children. Symptoms usually arise from the nasal obstruction or compression of neighboring structures. CASE PRESENTATION: This case report describes a 5-year-old Turkish boy with a 3-year history of nasal obstruction. A computed tomography scan showed a well-defined soft tissue density lesion, seemingly originating in the region of the middle concha and was suggestive of a middle concha mucocele. The mass was removed by endoscopic sinus surgery. CONCLUSIONS: In the case of a child presenting with nasal obstruction, mucocele should be remembered in the differential diagnosis of intranasal tumors. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful in making the diagnosis and endoscopic nasal surgery has proven successful in the treatment. BioMed Central 2013-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4219181/ /pubmed/24284013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-246 Text en Copyright © 2013 Aslan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Aslan, Gaffar Ugur, Mehmet Birol Başsüllü, Nuray Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title | Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title_full | Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title_fullStr | Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title_short | Giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
title_sort | giant mucocele originating from the middle concha in a 5-year-old child: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24284013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-246 |
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