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. 2021 Jun 1;32(4):1638-1640.
doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007583.

Inferior Turbinate Mucocele

Dong Hoon Lee  1 , Sang Chul Lim
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Inferior Turbinate Mucocele

Dong Hoon Lee et al. J Craniofac Surg. .

Abstract

Objective: In what follows, it is extremely rare for the inferior turbinate to occur with a mucocele. The authors aim to evaluate the characteristics, clinical features, and treatment outcome of the inferior turbinate mucocele in our hospital.

Patients and methods: Five patients with radiologically confirmed inferior turbinate mucocele between January 2006 and December 2017 were enrolled in this study.

Results: Out of the 5 patients with inferior turbinate mucocele reviewed, 2 out of the 5 patients had symptoms of nasal obstruction and headache respectively, whereas the other 3 remaining patients were found incidentally by radiological examinations without any nasal symptoms. Four patients were performed the surgery by the transnasal endoscopic marsupialization. One patient had a very small size of an inferior turbinate mucocele and had no symptoms, and in that case the authors decided to do a periodic observation without a surgical intervention. There were no major complications resulting from this surgical intervention, and no recurrence of the inferior turbinate mucocele.

Conclusions: The inferior turbinate mucocele is an extremely rare disease and can be diagnosed accurately by the use of radiologic examinations. The prevailing discipline is that endoscopic marsupialization is the best treatment for the inferior turbinate mucocele, which is known for showing very good results without recurrence of the condition.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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