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Pneumocele as a rare differential diagnosis in trigeminal irritation
Felix B Knapp1, Thomas Klenzner
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
American Journal of Otolaryngology
|July 29, 2003
Abstract:
A case of a pneumocele concerning the maxillary sinus causing trigeminal irritation is presented. Pneumoceles are rare conditions of an abnormal dilatation of a paranasal sinus containing only air, lined by unremarkable mucosa, and associated with a bony defect. Symptoms, diagnostic findings, therapy, possible causes, and pathogenesis are discussed.