Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Teaching point: Giant mucocele is a rare expansile lesion that may mimic other locally aggressive lesions of the cranial vault. Giant frontal mucoceles with massive osteolytic destruction mimicking an aggressive lesion are rare compared to smaller mucoceles. This article reports a giant mucocele of...
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description | Teaching point: Giant mucocele is a rare expansile lesion that may mimic other locally aggressive lesions of the cranial vault. Giant frontal mucoceles with massive osteolytic destruction mimicking an aggressive lesion are rare compared to smaller mucoceles. This article reports a giant mucocele of the frontal sinus and reviews the literature. Important imaging clues pointing toward the diagnosis of a mucocele on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are a well-defined expansile mass, an intimate relationship with the frontal sinus, subtle peripheral rim enhancement, and slow progression on serial imaging. The density on CT and signal on MRI may vary along with the lesion content. The potential role of diffusion-weighted imaging should be elaborated in future reports. |
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spelling | doaj.art-be3c720a9d814671ab52d024db765e9c2022-12-21T19:22:47ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812020-09-01104110.5334/jbsr.21171314Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the LiteratureFrederik Bosmans0Filip Vanhoenacker1AZ Sint-MaartenAZ Sint-Maarten and University (Hospital) Antwerp/GhentTeaching point: Giant mucocele is a rare expansile lesion that may mimic other locally aggressive lesions of the cranial vault. Giant frontal mucoceles with massive osteolytic destruction mimicking an aggressive lesion are rare compared to smaller mucoceles. This article reports a giant mucocele of the frontal sinus and reviews the literature. Important imaging clues pointing toward the diagnosis of a mucocele on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are a well-defined expansile mass, an intimate relationship with the frontal sinus, subtle peripheral rim enhancement, and slow progression on serial imaging. The density on CT and signal on MRI may vary along with the lesion content. The potential role of diffusion-weighted imaging should be elaborated in future reports.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2117giant mucoceleparanasal sinusesctmri |
spellingShingle | Frederik Bosmans Filip Vanhoenacker Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology giant mucocele paranasal sinuses ct mri |
title | Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full | Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_short | Giant Frontal Paranasal Mucocele: Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_sort | giant frontal paranasal mucocele case report and review of the literature |
topic | giant mucocele paranasal sinuses ct mri |
url | https://www.jbsr.be/articles/2117 |
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