Large concha bullosa mucopyocele replacing the anterior ethmoid sinuses and contiguous with the frontal sinus

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-17

  Cohen, Samuel D ^a   Matthews, Brian L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concha bullosa; Middle turbinate; Mucocele; Mucopyocele; Paranasal sinus

Indexed keywords

ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCHA BULLOSA; ETHMOID SINUS; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FRONTAL SINUS; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; NOSE CONGESTION; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUSITIS; SKULL BASE; TURBINATE;

EID: 38949203293     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700104     Document Type: Article

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