Irreversible bilateral amaurosis secondary to the course of ethmofrontal mucocele
Vallés, H.; Palomar, A.; Blanc, J.; Sevil, J.; Fumanal, L.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 41(4): 257-260
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519 PMID: 2268468 Document Number: 347817
We present a carrier of a mucocele ethmofrontal patient's case that relapsed after surgical treatments and that, subsequently, it caused an intense bilateral and amaurosis. This was attributed to the bilateral atrophy of the optician nerve secondary to the evolution of the own mucocele. It discussed the frequency of this kind of complications in the bibliographical revision made.