Giant maxillary mucocele occurring after reduction malarplasty

J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Mar;23(2):e123-4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31824cda4a.

Abstract

Reduction malarplasty for patients with a prominent malar complex is a popular procedure in Asia. However, a range of complications have been reported after reduction malarplasty, such as hematoma, orbital complications, asymmetric face, and nonunion. A medially displaced fracture or bony fragment can induce sinusitis and subsequent trauma to bones in combination with chronic inflammatory processes, which can lead to chronic obstruction of mucus-secreting glands. In our case, 46-year-old man presented with a large mucocele in the maxillary sinus after malar reduction approximately 20 years ago.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Maxillary Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Maxillary Diseases / etiology
  • Maxillary Diseases / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucocele / diagnosis*
  • Mucocele / etiology
  • Mucocele / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Zygoma / surgery