Giant maxillary mucocele : a late complication of le fort i advancement procedure
Other Title(s)
Mucocèle géant du maxillaire : une complication tardive d’une ostéotomie d’avancement le fort I.
Joint Authors
Nasr, Marwan
Jabbur, Samir
Uwaydah, Cyril
Hakim, Nabil
Source
Issue
Vol. 66, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2018), pp.180-182, 3 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-09-30
Country of Publication
Lebanon
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract FRE
Mucoceles are slow growing benign lesions that gradually expand via a dynamic process of bone resorption and resultant new bone formation.
They originate from infection, neoplasm, allergy, trauma or surgery.The most common surgery associated with maxillary mucoceles is the Caldwell-Luc procedure.Symptoms may be delayed for several years after the surgery.
Maxillary mucoceles occurring after a maxillary osteotomy are relatively rare.
We report a case of a 37-year-old woman with giant maxillary mucocele that occurred 17 years after a Le Fort I advancement surgery with resultant extensive destruction of the maxilla
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jabbur, Samir& Uwaydah, Cyril& Hakim, Nabil& Nasr, Marwan. 2018. Giant maxillary mucocele : a late complication of le fort i advancement procedure. Journal Médical Libanais،Vol. 66, no. 3, pp.180-182.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-904081
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jabbur, Samir…[et al.]. Giant maxillary mucocele : a late complication of le fort i advancement procedure. Journal Médical Libanais Vol. 66, no. 3 (2018), pp.180-182.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-904081
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jabbur, Samir& Uwaydah, Cyril& Hakim, Nabil& Nasr, Marwan. Giant maxillary mucocele : a late complication of le fort i advancement procedure. Journal Médical Libanais. 2018. Vol. 66, no. 3, pp.180-182.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-904081
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 182
Record ID
BIM-904081
