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Symptomatic mucosal cysts of the maxillary sinus: antroscopic treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

E. W. Fisher*
Affiliation:
London
H. B. Whittet
Affiliation:
London
C. B. Croft
Affiliation:
London
*
E. W. Fisher, MA, FRCS (Ed), Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WCIX 8DA

Abstract

Antroscopy has been shown to have a role in the diagnosis and treatment of antral disease. Four cases of ‘non-secreting’ benign antral cysts, each presenting with facial pain, were successfully treated using antroscopic techniques. The aetiology and management of these lesions is reviewed with the recommendation that antroscopic removal is the treatment of choice for all symptomatic cases, and for asymptomatic cases in which the diagnosis is in doubt.

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Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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