Author/Authors :
Kshar, Avinash Departments of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Vasantdada Patil Dental College and Hospital - Sangli, India , Patil, Abhijeet Departments of Oral Medicine and Radiology - Vasantdada Patil Dental College and Hospital - Sangli, India , Umarji, Hemant Government Dental College and Hospital - Mumbai - Maharashtra, India , Kadam, Sonali Government Dental College and Hospital - Mumbai - Maharashtra, India
Abstract :
Mucoceles are defi ned as chronic, cystic lesions in the paranasal sinuses. When the mucocele content
becomes infected, the lesion is defi ned as mucopyocele. Most mucoceles are located in the frontal
and anterior ethmoid sinuses and normally they involve the frontal-ethmoid complex, expanding to
the superior-medial region of the orbit, leading to ocular disorders; maxillary sinus presentation is
rare. In the present article, the authors described a rare case of mucopyocele in the maxillary sinus.
