Pyocele of the middle turbinate. A case report
Hertzanu, Y.; Mendelsohn, D.B.; Scott, N.
South African Medical Journal 63(9): 337-338
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 6828959 Document Number: 211867
Pneumatization of the middle turbinate bone is a result of migration of ethmoid air cells. The accumulation of mucus when the ostium is blocked results in the formation of a mucocele or, if superadded infection is present, a pyocele (empyema).
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