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Pyocele of the middle turbinate


Y Hertzanu
Dianne B. Mendelsohn
N Scott

Abstract

Pneumatization of the middle turbinate bone is a result of migration of ethmoid air cells. The accumulation of mucus when the ostium is blocked results in the formation of -a mucocele or, if superadded infection is present, a pyocele (empyema).


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