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    The frontal mucocele is a benign pathology characterized by its recurrence and is sometimes poor prognosis by the complications arising. We report the case of a young man, followed for recurrent frontal mucocel, secondary to a sinus trauma.

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    The frontal mucocele is a benign pathology characterized by its recurrence and is sometimes poor prognosis by the complications arising. We report the case of a young man, followed for recurrent frontal mucocel, secondary to a sinus trauma.

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    Volume 5, Issue 8, August – 2020 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

    ISSN No:-2456-2165

    Post-Traumatic Frontal Mucocele:


    Exceptional Cause and Frequent Recurrence
    Hamid Khay, Mohammed Khoulali, Younes Dehneh, Lhamlili mohammed, Nabil Raouzi, Noureddine Oulali, Fayçal Moufid
    Department of Neurosurgery, Mohammed VI university Hospital, Oujda, Morocco

    Abstract:- The frontal mucocele is a benign pathology orbital wall with orbito-palpebral extension hiding and
    characterized by its recurrence and is sometimes poor driving the eyeball downwards and outside. The patient
    prognosis by the complications arising. We report the underwent surgery for drainage and marsupialization of the
    case of a young man, followed for recurrent frontal pathological frontal mucosa associated with excision of the
    mucocel, secondary to a sinus trauma. It is managed frontal mucocele membrane, mucocele content were
    surgically with multiple reccurence. Our goal is to decry purulent, frontal sinus was aerated by milling the sinus
    the appearance intraoperative an exceptional case walls. The patient also received intravenous antibiotic
    mucocel frontal posttraumatic recurrent and therapy based on amoxicillin. The postoperative marked by
    superinfected. a total recovery of the visual function and almost normal
    eye-palpebral motility (Figure 2).
    Keywords:- Post-Traumatic Mucocele, Surgery,
    Recurrence, Infection. III. CONCLUSION

    I. INTRODUCTION Surgical excision of mucocele and aeration the


    pathological sinus is the treatment of choice for mucocele
    Mucocele is a benign and rare cystic tumor, adults are and the recurrence one, mucocele is a benign tumor, but it
    mainly affected. The frontal and / or ethmoidal mucocele, can cause serious locoregional complications due the delay
    despite its histological benignity, has an aggressive in treatment or recurrence problems, antibiotics only
    potential towards the local structures. It is due to a non- indicated in infected cases, as it was with our patient,
    ventilatilated sinus. The post-traumatic cause is exceptional crânio-facial trauma is common in developing countries
    and only one iatrogenic case reported following endonasal including Morocco, close follow-up is indicated to detected
    surgery. Surgical treatment consists of excision of the cyst these serious complications.
    and drainage of the causal sinus.1–3
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    II. CASE REPORT
    [1]. Aghakhanyan G, Lupi G, Frijia F, et al. Delayed Post-
    A 38-years-old male patient with a history of nasal Traumatic Fronto-Ethmoidal Sinus Mucocele
    fracture three years before, the patient was operated ten Evaluated with Short and Long TE MR Spectroscopy.
    months ago for mucocele revealed by left eye Neuroradiol J. 26(6):693-698.
    exophthalmos. The patient actually presents recurrence of [2]. Gupta M, Chauhan B, Gupta M, Gupta AK. Large
    his exophthalmos. Clinical examination revealed left eye Frontoethmoidal Mucocele: Treatment and Review.
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    limitation in eye movement upward and inward. Nasal [3]. Makihara S, Kariya S, Okano M, Naito T, Tsumura
    endoscopy showed nasal mucosa inflamed absence of the M, Nishizaki K. Orbital complications of infected
    left lower horn, synechiae on both side with purulent mucocele in the paranasal sinuses. Auris Nasus
    secretions (figure1). MRI And CT-scan of the nasal sinus Larynx. Published online June 11, 2020.
    revealed a large left frontal mucocele lysing the superior doi:10.1016/j.anl.2020.05.012

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    Fig 1:- preoperative images (permission obtained from the patient for publication)

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    ISSN No:-2456-2165

    Fig 2:- operative and Postoperative images (permission obtained from the patient for publication)

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     Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
     Funding: None.
     Authors’ contributions: Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Reviewed submitted version of
    manuscript and Approved the final version of the manuscript: all authors.
     Acknowledgments: patient.

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