The diagnosis of chronic inflammatory lesions of the sphenoid sinus

Mucocoele of the sphenoidal sinus as a cause of recurrent oculomotor nerve palsy.

“…Another common finding was exophthalmos, which in the majority of the cases was not marked and in one case was pulsating (O'Shea, 1932 (Hajek, 1910;Kan, 1920;Horgan, 1921;Stieren and McKee, 1932;Berendes, 1939;Blanc, L6vy, and Wertheimer, 1939;Bilchick, 1940;Labayle, 1949;Everberg, 1955;Achslogh and Gottlob, 1957;MacCarthy, Lillie, Daily, Hollenhorst, and Holman, 1957;Neffson, 1957;Petit-Dutaillis, 1958;Maxwell and Hill, 1959;Heitzman and Ferguson, 1966).…”

Sphenoid sinus localization of multiple myeloma revealing evolution from benign gammopathy

“…8 Solitary plasmocytoma of the sphenoid sinus appears to be less unusual. [9][10][11][12][13] However, diagnosis of solitary plasmocytoma is never absolutely certain, because involvement of bone marrow can be patchy. Furthermore, monoclonal gammopathies without evidence of multiple myeloma have been detected in 1% to 2% of patients older than 70 years of age.…”