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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2016; 05(01): 061-062
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1572377
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Pan-pneumatocele of Paranasal Sinuses: A Rare Entity

Sumit Bansal
1   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
1   Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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24 February 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Excessive enlargement of the paranasal sinuses is a rare entity with an uncertain etiology. It usually affects the frontal sinus, although any sinus can be pathologically enlarged. Authors describe a case with enlargement of all paranasal sinuses (pan-pneumatocele). To date, this is the first reported case of pan-pneumatocele of paranasal sinuses in the literature.

Keywords

paranasal sinus - pneumatocele - headache
 

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