Frontal mucocoele communicating with an arachnoid cyst of the anterior cranial fossa
Muscatello, L.; Lenzi, R.; Marchetti, M.; Seccia, V.; Casani, A.P.
Rhinology 47(1): 102-104
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-0729 PMID: 19382505 Document Number: 634661
Mucocoeles usually involve the frontal sinus and can extend to the orbit or intracranially. In this case symptoms and radiological findings were typical of a left frontal mucocoele with intracranial extension. Intraoperative findings were compatible with a left frontal mucocoele communicating with an arachnoid cyst of the anterior cranial fossa.
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