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Type: Journal article
Title: Mucus extravasation into the orbit during frontal sinus irrigation
Author: Andrew, N.
Pirbhai, A.
Moffat, D.
Rajapaksa, S.
Wormald, P.
Reid, M.
Selva-Nayagam, D.
Citation: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2013; 29(1):E29-E31
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 0740-9303
1537-2677
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.
Keywords: Frontal Sinus
Mucus
Humans
Sinusitis
Rhinitis
Nasal Polyps
Orbital Diseases
Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
Sodium Chloride
Fluorescein
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Suction
Middle Aged
Male
Therapeutic Irrigation
Nasal Surgical Procedures
Rights: ©2013 The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182622874
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/iop.0b013e3182622874
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