A 57-year-old female with a benign tumor in the ethmoid sinus.

摘要

The 57-year-old female patient presented to a neurologist with, chronic ceph-algia since 3 years. She had had no previous rhinologic history. A contrast enhanced computer tomography was performed and revealed an isolated unilateral opacification within the left ethmoid sinus {Figure 1). There were no signs of chronic sinusitis but thinning of the bone surrounding the tumor (arrow). Under the suspicion of a mucocele functional endoscopic sinus surgery was performed. Reddish tumor mass was found instead of mucus within the bulla ethmoidalis and anterior ethmoid sinus. After complete tumor removal the endoscopic view revealed destruction of the lamina papiracea induced by volume pressure of the tumor without invasive growth into the bone of the skull base or soft tissue of the orbita.