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Surgical ciliated cyst of the maxilla after maxillary sinus surgery: a case report
Author(s) -
Fernandes K.S.,
Gallottini M.H.C.,
Felix V.B.,
Santos P.S.S.,
Nunes F.D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12039
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , maxillary sinus , maxilla , lesion , cyst , sinus (botany) , radicular cyst , surgery , anatomy , botany , biology , genus
The surgical ciliated cyst of the maxilla is a rare lesion and appears as a delayed complication after surgery in the maxillary sinus, midface osteotomies, traumatic tooth extraction and maxillary fractures. This lesion has a high incidence in J apan and is detected in up to 20% of patients who have undergone a radical operation on the maxillary sinus, but it is quite rare in W estern countries. We report a case that occurred 15 years after a maxillary sinus surgery in a C aucasian man. A well‐defined unilocular radiolucency in the right posterior maxilla was noted radiographically. The lesion was completely excised, and upon histological examination, findings were consistent with surgical ciliated cyst. This lesion may present histologically different epithelial linings, but respiratory epithelium was the most frequent. Enucleation is the treatment of choice.