Korean J Ophthalmol.  2014 Oct;28(5):428-429. 10.3341/kjo.2014.28.5.428.

Ethmoidal Sinus Mucocele as a Cause of Acquired Brown Syndrome

• Lee SJ
• Won JY
• Kim M

• KMID: 2344270
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3341/kjo.2014.28.5.428

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged
*Ethmoid Sinus
Humans
Male
Mucocele/*complications/radiography
Ocular Motility Disorders/diagnosis/*etiology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases/*complications/radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) Preoperative versions of subject in nine diagnostic positions of gaze, demonstrating underelevation in adduction of the left eye. (B) Orbital computed tomography scan showing the nonenhancing 30 × 25 mm mass (arrow) of the left ethmoidal sinus having an intraorbital extension.

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