OBJECTIVES To evaluate the pathologic conditions, preoperative evaluation, treatment, and clinical outcomes associated with sphenoid sinus disease. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary university-based referral center. PATIENTS All patients with isolated sphenoid sinus disease managed surgically or in which surgery was considered a primary treatment option. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES...

The orbitofrontal fibrous dysplasia is a rare, non-malignant disease that involves the development and thickening of craniofacial bones, causing facial asymmetry, visual, neurological and dental complications. Decreased visual acuity in orbitofrontal and sphenoidal fibrous dysplasia appears as a result of compressive lesions on the optic nerve. The aim of this article is to present the ophthalm...

Delayed posttraumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea (CSFr) without meningitis is considered to be relatively rare. However, even years after trauma, recurrence or delayed onset of CSFr and meningitis due to CSFr are possible. In this article, a case of delayed CSFr from the sphenoid sinus without meningitis three years after the transfacial gunshot wound is reported. Plain high-resolution comp...

Reprint requests to: Dr. Yu-Chang Lee Department of Radiology E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University. No.1, Yi Da Road, Jiau-shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan, R.O.C. Schwannomas are common neoplasms in the head and neck region, but of these tumors only less than 4% was found in sinonasal location in the reported literature. Most of the reported cases are found in the maxillary or ethmoid sin...

<p class="abstract">Sphenoid sinus mucocele (SSM) is a benign, encapsulated, expansile, locally destructive mass within the sphenoid sinus, filled with mucous and lined by epithelium. The exact etiology of still not known. proximity SSM to orbit brain may cause morbidity potential mortality if left without intervention. has varied clinical manifestations. Headache visual disturbances are ...

CONCLUSION Inflammatory diseases, such as non-specific sinusitis, fungal sinusitis and mucocele, commonly involve the sphenoid sinus. Endoscopic surgery provides an easy and successful access to isolated sphenoid sinus diseases (ISSDs) with rare complications. OBJECTIVES The incidence of ISSDs has decreased since a wide use of antibiotics. ISSDs can cause severe complications due to the deep ...

Sphenoid sinus lesions grasp the attention of Otorhinolaryngologists due to their prime location and vital surrounding structures. Once detected, these require prompt investigation identify underlying cause, usually attributed a tumor, fungal infection, sinusitis, or polyps, thus allowing tailored treatment. We report case an elderly lady whose neurological presentation lead diagnosis sphenoid ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is a wide range of normal variation is sphenoid sinus development, especially in the size of the lateral recesses. The purpose of this study was to determine imaging characteristics that may help differentiate between opacification of a developmentally asymmetric lateral recess and a true expansile lesion of the sphenoid sinus. METHODS Coronal CT was performed in ...

Pneumocephalus is a rare but important complication of acute isolated sphenoid sinusitis (ISS). If not adequately treated, it may cause serious neurological and life-threatening complications. We report the presence of free air in the cavernous sinus arising from intracranial extension of acute ISS. A 41-year-old healthy man presented to our department with a 7-day history of headache. Neurolog...