Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Sains Malaysia, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 2 Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab 2, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kelantan, Malaysia
Medeni Med J, 2020;35(4):344-348.
PMID: 33717628 DOI: 10.5222/MMJ.2020.01057

Abstract

Mucocele is a mucous filled benign cystic lesion. It develops due to obstruction of any natural os-tium of the paranasal sinus. Even though being benign, it has capability to erode and cause thinning the adjacent bony structures. Isolated intraorbital mucocele without paranasal sinus disease is a rare condition. We present a 39-year-old female patient with right medial canthal swelling without any nasal symptoms, and normal nasoendoscopic finding. Imaging revealed the lesion as a right ethmoidal mucocele with normal paranasal sinuses. However intraoperatively, it was an isolated intraorbital lesion, lateral to lamina papyracea with thick-yellowish mucin discharge.

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