Diplopia secondary to a frontoethmoidal mucocoele

Saniasiaya JEYASAKTHY and Norasnieda MS

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia

ABSTRACT      

Mucocoele are mucous containing cyst within the paranasal sinus. Although it is considered to be benign, mucocoele has an expansile and destructive behaviour. We report a case of incidental finding of frontoethmoidal mucocoele of a patient with right frontal lobe meningioma during Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in an elderly lady who presented with lower limb weakness, headache and diplopia.

Keywords: Frontal sinus, diplopia, mucocoele

Correspondence author: Saniasiaya Jeyasakthy, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. E mail: shakthy_18@yahoo.com

Brunei Int Med J. 2016; 12 (1): 35-37