Endoscopic treatment of paranasal sinus mucoceles in children

Pediatric paranasal sinus mucoceles: Etiologic factors, management and outcome

“…It is very rare in infants and children. This series of 10 cases managed over 10 years is, in our knowledge, the largest pediatric series [1,5,9]. During the same period, 91 children underwent endonasal surgery for NSP in our institution (59 of them with cystic fibrosis).…”

“…During the same period, 91 children underwent endonasal surgery for NSP in our institution (59 of them with cystic fibrosis). It has been suggested that pediatric mucoceles occur predominantly in patients with cystic fibrosis [2,5,9]. However, in Hartley and Lund's series, no cystic fibrosis was diagnosed in seven patients [2].…”

“…Several etiological factors are identified such as cystic fibrosis [1,2,5]. Imaging evaluation includes CT-scan (and sometimes MRI) and surgical management is now unanimously performed by endoscopic approach [1,[6][7][8][9]. The goal of this retrospective study is on one hand to analyze the local and general etiological factors, and on the other hand to evaluate the results of the endonasal marsupialization.…”

Posttravmatik frontoetmoidal mukopiyosel

“…Although surgical treatment used to be performed with an external approach for frontoethmoidal mucoceles, currently, the endoscopic intranasal approach is preferred because of its advantages including low morbidity, low recurrence rates, and reduced hospitalization period (6). No recurrence was observed in our patient at the 18-month follow-up visit following endoscopic intranasal marsupialization.…”

“…Clinical findings including exophthalmos, visual disturbance, and diplopia occur as a result of orbital compression by frontoethmoidal mucoceles (5). Currently, the endoscopic intranasal approach is preferred in the treatment of paranasal sinus mucoceles because of its low morbidity and low recurrence rates (6). In this article, we present a 12-year-old patient with frontoethmoidal mucopyocele orbital compression, which was thought to have been formed following trauma 2 years previously.…”