[Mucocele of sphenoid sinus: presentation of 3 cases]. 1996

N Cerqua, and L R D'Ottavi, and G Coen-Tirelli, and E Piccirillo
Divisione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Filippo Neri, Roma.

Sphenoidal mucoceles are equally distributed between males and females occur rarely and have an incidence of 1%. Their low incidence is certainly to be ascribed to their deep position with respect to the superior respiratory tract as well as to the characteristics of the mucosa coating of the sinus (where the scarce muciparous component does not cause drainage problems). During endocranial manifestation, it is important to make a differential diagnosis between tumors at the base of the skull and adenomas of the hypophysis. The most feasible etiopathogenetic hypotheses are insufficient drainage of the sinus, cystic degeneration of the ghiandolar epithelium, presence of embryonal remnants and previous surgery. The Authors report three cases of mucoceles located in the sphenoid, two of which with destruction of the sellar floor and upward invasion, one with posterior invasion and involvement of the clivus. Sphenoidal mucoceles generally tend to spread more frequently in an anterior-inferior fashion with invasion of the etmoid, the nasal fossae and the rhinopharynx. In some cases we observe upward invasion with destruction of the sellar floor, as in the first two patients. There may by an invasion in the orbital cavity when spreading occurs sideways. More rarely, the intermediate cranial fossa is invaded through the lateral wall and the posterior cranial fossa through the posterior wall. Therefore, it is evident that an early diagnosis is always desirable because it may spare the patient the neurological manifestations resulting from the evolution of the disease. The treatment for a sphenoidal mucocele is surgical. The Authors report a synthesis of the surgical techniques most frequently used by otorhinolaryngologist and neurosurgeons, and present a critical analysis of the cases presented.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009078 Mucocele A retention cyst of the salivary gland, lacrimal sac, paranasal sinuses, appendix, or gallbladder. (Stedman, 26th ed) Mucoceles
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012658 Sella Turcica A bony prominence situated on the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid bone. It houses the PITUITARY GLAND. Sella Turcicas,Turcica, Sella,Turcicas, Sella
D013100 Sphenoid Bone An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS). Greater Sphenoid Wing,Bone, Sphenoid,Greater Sphenoid Wings,Sphenoid Bones,Sphenoid Wing, Greater
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography

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