The management of orbital fractures in children and adolescents is little reported the literature, considering that can cause functional problems such as enophthalmia, diplopia aesthetic deformities. aim this study to review literature report three clinical cases, corroborating with professional experience, about different adolescents, approaching advantages, disadvantages complications. Among ...

BACKGROUND The orbital blowout fracture is a common facial injury, but full consensus has not been reached regarding its optimal management. The authors retrospectively explored consecutive cases of blowout fractures and proposed new recommendations for treatment. METHODS Two hundred eight newly registered patients were selected from the database of Nagasaki University Hospital over the past ...

introduction a mucocele is an epithelial-lined, mucus-containing sac that can fill the sinus completely and expand gradually. mucopyocele is an infected mucocele. case report we presented a case of left maxillary mucopyocele in a 58-year-old man that developed after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. computed tomography scan showed opacification of the left maxillary sinus expanding thr...

Orbital blowout fractures are relatively rare in patients under 18 years of age, but may lead to serious complications. We conducted this retrospective study to evaluate diplopia, clinical characteristics, and postoperative results in cases of orbital blowout fractures in the pediatric population. Eighty-three patients, all less than 18 years old, with orbital blowout fractures, were divided in...

We report on two cases of enophthalmos, caused by maxillary atrophy, a rarely reported monostotic forme fruste of hemifacial atrophy.

Intracranial aspergillosis is rare in immunocompetent patients. Extension to the cranial base via the sphenoid sinus is exceptional. Authors report a case of middle cranial fossa aspergillosis involving the cavernous sinus and mimicking an extra-axial tumor in an immunocompetent 65 year-old male. The patient had been suffering from left trigeminal neuralgia and a horizontal diplopia since 4 mon...

conclusions alendronate may be considered a therapeutic option for improving the bone formation process and reducing resorption in different bone grafting procedures. further detailed studies should focus on dosage and time-dependent effects of alendronate on bone remodeling. results at 6 weeks, the bone area was significantly larger in the xenograft-alendronate group (33.0% ± 5.0%) than in the...

Brimioulle M, Desai K. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220911 Description A 76-year-old woman presented with intermittent infection around the upper right 2 (UR2) area of the maxilla for several years. She also complained of persistent rhinorrhoea and right-sided facial pain. Seven years previously, she had presented with similar right maxillary pain, after undergoing root canal treatme...