Post-traumatic pneumocele of the frontal sinus

Karadag D., ÇALIŞIR C., Adapinar B.

KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, vol.9, no.4, pp.379-381, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 9 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.4.379
  • Journal Name: KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.379-381
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A pneumocele is an abnormal dilatation of a paranasal sinus, most commonly affecting the frontal sinus. Although the etiology of pneumocele is not entirely known, several causative factors have been suggested including trauma, surgery, tumor and infection. We report here a case of post-traumatic pneumocele of the frontal sinus following a head trauma.