Frontal sinus mucoceles causing proptosis - Two case reports

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 744-747

  Yap, S K ^a   Aung, T ^b   Yap, E Y ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choroidal striae; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Paranasal sinus; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXOPHTHALMOS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE;

ADULT; EXOPHTHALMOS; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOCELE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES;

EID: 0032150794     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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