Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2004, 202(4)

Case Report

Pneumocele vs. Pneumosinus Dilatans: Review of the Literature with a Case of Frontal Sinus Pneumocele

MURAT ACAR, AYLIN YUCEL, BUMIN DEGIRMENCI, M. DENIZ YILMAZ¹ and RAMAZAN ALBAYRAK

Department of Radiology, and Department of Otolaryngology, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon, Turkey

Pneumoceles of the frontal sinus are very rare conditions, characterized by abnormal expansion of the frontal sinus. The patient usually complains of slowly changing facial contours. The etiology and pathogenesis of pneumoceles remains unclear. A case of pneumocele of the frontal sinus is presented, and the differentiated features of the disease are discussed.

keywords —— Pneumocele; pneumosinus dilatans; frontal sinus; CT

© 2004 Tohoku University Medical Press

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Address for reprints: Murat Acar, M.D., Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kirmizi Hastane, 03200/ Afyon/Turkey

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