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Mucocele and Mucopyocele

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Atlas of Sellar and Parasellar Lesions

Abstract

Mucoceles and mucopyoceles are rare cystic and cavitated collections originating in the paranasal sinuses. They most commonly occur in the frontal and ethmoid sinuses. A mucocele contains mucinous secretions, whereas a mucopyocele is an abscess-like formation that also contains purulent material.

Risk factors for development of a paranasal sinus mucocele include prior surgery, trauma, radiation, and sinusitis.

Sphenoid sinus mucoceles comprise only 1–2 % of all paranasal sinus mucoceles.

Mucoceles comprise only 0.05 % of lesions treated in major transsphenoidal series.

Most commonly, sphenoid sinus mucocele and mucopyocele are iatrogenic conditions seen after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas.

The mean age at diagnosis is 53 years.

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  1. Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1200 N State Street, #3300, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Gabriel Zada MD, MS

  2. Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1215 Lee Street, Room 3060–HEP, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    M. Beatriz S. Lopes MD, PhD

  3. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Srinivasan Mukundan Jr. PhD, MD

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Edward Laws Jr. MD

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, LOS ANGELES, California, USA

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    M. Beatriz S. Lopes

  3. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA

    Srinivasan Mukundan Jr.

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Zada, G., Lopes, M.B.S., Mukundan, S., Laws, E. (2016). Mucocele and Mucopyocele. In: Zada, G., Lopes, M., Mukundan Jr., S., Laws Jr., E. (eds) Atlas of Sellar and Parasellar Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22855-6_53

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