[Giant mucocele maxillary sinus: About a case]

The maxillary mucocele sinus are rare and may extend outside the sinus and cause a facial deformity and orbital manifestations.

We report a case of giant mucocele of the right maxillary sinus from a 48 year old man. The history of disease has found a right cheek tumefaction. hypoesthesia of the right hemifacial, nasal obstruction lasting for 2 years. CT scan of the facial confirmed diagnosis by showing a cystic mass of the right maxillairy sinus bulging into the right nasal cavity with bone thinning without bone lysis. The treatement is removal of the mucocelique pochet by Caldwell-Luc under general anesthesia and allowed disparition of symptoms.

Africa the Caldwell-Luc seems to us preferable because of diagnosis tardif the origin of the importance of the expansion.