Postoperative Maxillary Cyst : A Case Report

Abstract EN

Postoperative maxillary cyst is a quite rare delayed complication of surgical intervention associated with maxillary sinuses.

It occurs many years after surgery.

This paper describes a 54-year-old woman presenting with swelling of left cheek for seven-years duration.

The orthopantomograph revealed a unilocular cystic radiolucency with well-defined margins in left maxillary sinus.

In the computerized tomography, the cyst had a sclerotic wall with bony condensations.

Aspiration cytology revealed many neutrophil leukocytes.

Cyst was drained and enucleated.

Histopathologically, it had a fibrous wall with inflammation and focal reactive bone formation and lined by a respiratory-type epithelium.

In the clinical history, it is learned that she had a maxillary sinus surgery 8 years ago and the diagnosis was made considering the clinical and histopathological findings.