Open AccessSpheniodal mucocele causing bilateral optic neuropathy and ophthalmoplegia
Author(s) -
Ambika Selvakumar,
Balasubramanyam Mahalaxmi,
Vijay Ananth,
Cugati Gautam
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.99863
Subject(s) - mucocele , medicine , optic neuropathy , sinus (botany) , surgery , optic nerve , oculomotor nerve palsy , palsy , ophthalmology , pathology , botany , alternative medicine , biology , genus
Sphenoid sinus mucocele comprises only 2% of all paranasal sinus mucoceles. In literature, there is a case report on sphenoidal mucocele causing bilateral optic neuropathy, with unilateral partial recovery and cranial nerve palsy, but we did not come across any literature with bilateral optic neuropathy and ophthalmoplegia together caused by spheno-ethmoidal mucocele. We present such a rare case of spheno-ethmoidal mucocele causing bilateral optic neuropathy and unilateral sixth nerve palsy who had postsurgery, unilateral good vision recovery, and complete resolution of sixth nerve palsy.