An unusual presentation of a giant frontal sinus mucocele manifesting with a subcutaneous forehead mass

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 397-398

  Tan, Colin S H ^a   Yong, V K Y ^a   Yip, L W ^a   Amrith, S ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Choroidal folds; Exophthalmos; Intracranial extension; Mucocele; Subcutaneous tissue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL SINUS; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUCOCELE; MYCOSIS; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PTOSIS; SKIN CYST; TERATOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 22544472146     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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