Mucus extravasation into the orbit during frontal sinus irrigation

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Jan-Feb;29(1):e29-31. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3182622874.

Abstract

During minitrephination and irrigation of the frontal sinus, mucus extravasated into the orbit through a defect in the sinus floor. The mucus incited a foreign body reaction and became encapsulated within the orbit necessitating excision via an anterior orbitotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / diagnosis
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / etiology*
  • Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / surgery
  • Fluorescein / metabolism
  • Frontal Sinus / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Sinus / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucus / metabolism*
  • Nasal Polyps / surgery
  • Nasal Surgical Procedures
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology*
  • Rhinitis / surgery
  • Sinusitis / surgery
  • Sodium Chloride / metabolism
  • Suction
  • Therapeutic Irrigation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Sodium Chloride
  • Fluorescein