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FRONTAL SINUS OSTEOMA WITH COMPLICATING INTRACRANIAL AEROCELE
Author(s) -
George J.,
Merry G. S.,
Jellett L. B.,
Baker J. G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1990.tb07356.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoma , frontal sinus , sinus (botany) , anatomy , botany , biology , genus
An elderly man, who presented initially with clinical features of dementia, was found to havc an intracranial tension aerocele due to an underlying osteoma of the frontal sinus. Plain skull roentgenograms and computerized tomography did not reveal the osteoma, although a communication between thc frontal sinus and the aerocele was present. Surgical aspiration of the aerocele and excision of the osteoma produced an excellent clinical result.