An unusually giant frontoethmoidal mucopyocele in a child - A case report

Mucoceles are expansile benign mucus-filled cystic lesions of the paranasal sinuses as a result of the chronic obstruction to sinus ostia. It is rarely seen in children. Secondary infections of the mucoceles result in the formation of a mucopyocele. The proximity of these lesions to the orbit and brain may cause morbidity and potential mortality, if left without intervention. Here we came across a 12-year-old child who had a giant right side frontoethmoidal mucopyocele causing proptosis and lateral displacement of the right eye with normal visual acuity. Here, the case, the experience and the outcome of the endoscopic marsupialization of the frontoethmoidal mucopyocele, are being discussed.