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Intracranial spread of a giant frontal mucocele: case report
L Chiarini1, P F Nocini, A Bedogni
1Department of Surgery and Emergencies, Section of Dentistry, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|November 28, 2000
Abstract:
A giant mucocele eroded both the anterior and posterior wall of the frontal sinus and infiltrated the dura mater. Its extracranial growth caused a frontal bony prominence. The tumour and part of the dura were resected. A 12 x 6cm defect in the dura was repaired with a freeze-dried patch. A split-thickness bone graft from the right parietal region was used to repair the anterior frontal bony defect. The result one year later was satisfactory. Spiral computed tomography with thr ee-dimensional reconstructions excluded any recurrence of the tumour and showed good integration of bone grafts.