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Pyocele of the middle turbinate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Lydia Badia
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
Abhi Parikh
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
Gerold B. Brookes*
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
*
Mr G. B. Brookes, The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.

Abstract

Mucoceles are uncommon and the majority occur in the fronto-ethmoidal complex. We present the first case of a secondarily infected mucocele arising from a concha bullosa of the middle turbinate. It was excised intranasally with complete resolution of symptoms.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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