Infected Frontal Sinus Mucocele Mimicking a Cutaneous Abscess
Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Laura G Ferretti, Herve Zender, Chiheb Said · 2026
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Description
Alexander Muacevic and four colleagues tell of a woman aged 77 whose forehead lump was not a skin abscess, as it first seemed. The lump sat beside the midline and kept coming back over months. She had long-term sinus trouble, and drug courses helped only for a short time.
When the lump was cut, clear fluid ran out, not pus. Scans then showed a mucus-filled sac grown from her frontal sinus. The sac had worn through both walls of the sinus, close to the eye socket and the brain's lining. Surgeons drained it through the nose, and she healed fully, with no return in a year of checks. The authors warn that a back-again forehead lump needs a scan before more cuts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler, Laura G Ferretti, Herve Zender, Chiheb Said |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |