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Giant mucocele secondary to cocaine abuse

Mucoceles are benign lesions originating in the paranasal sinuses. Presented here is a novel case of a giant frontoethmoidal mucocele extending into the orbit and causing proptosis. The etiology was chronic transnasal cocaine abuse leading to extensive scarring and distortion of the nasal anatomy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maldjian, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7779834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.025