PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Malard, Olivier
AU  - Gayet-Delacroix, Marie
AU  - Jegoux, Franck
AU  - Faure, Alexis
AU  - Bordure, Philippe
AU  - Beauvillain de Montreuil, Claude
TI  - Spontaneous Sphenoid Sinus Mucocele Revealed by Meningitis and Brain Abscess in a 12-Year-Old Child
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 873--875
VI  - 25
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/5/873.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/5/873.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2004 May 01; 25
AB  - Summary: Sphenoid sinus mucocele is an uncommon lesion related to inflammatory disease that is diagnosed after surgery or a traumatic event. This report describes an unusual case revealed by bacterial meningitis and cerebral abscess in a 12-year-old child. CT and MR imaging allowed precise extension to the skull base in preoperative management and follow-up investigations. Endoscopic transnasal marsupialisation of the mucocele and antibiotic therapy led to complete remission. There was no evidence of recurrence after 6 months, which suggests that sphenoid mucoceles, regardless of size and complications, can be treated by endoscopic sinus surgery.