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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