Mucus Extravasation Into the Orbit During Frontal Sinus Irrigation Journal Articles

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abstract

During minitrephination and irrigation of the frontal sinus, mucus extravasated into the orbit through a defect in the sinus floor. The mucus incited a foreign body reaction and became encapsulated within the orbit necessitating excision via an anterior orbitotomy.

authors

Andrew, Nicholas
Pirbhai, Adnan
Moffat, David
Rajapaksa, Suresh
Wormald, Peter-John
Reid, Michael
Selva, Dinesh

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published

publication date

January 2013

has subject area

1113 Opthalmology and Optometry (FoR)
Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials (MeSH)
Fluorescein (MeSH)
Frontal Sinus (MeSH)
Humans (MeSH)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MeSH)
Male (MeSH)
Middle Aged (MeSH)
Mucus (MeSH)
Nasal Polyps (MeSH)
Nasal Surgical Procedures (MeSH)
Ophthalmology & Optometry (Science Metrix)
Orbital Diseases (MeSH)
Rhinitis (MeSH)
Sinusitis (MeSH)
Sodium Chloride (MeSH)
Suction (MeSH)
Therapeutic Irrigation (MeSH)
Tomography, X-Ray Computed (MeSH)

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Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal