Maxillary mucocele with proptosis and visual impairment: a late complication of Le Fort III distraction.

ABSTRACT

Maxillary mucoceles are a relatively rare entity especially following surgical procedures involving osteotomies of the maxilla. The etiology of maxillary mucoceles has been ascribed to facial trauma (fractures), sinus surgery, and chronic inflammatory diseases or infections. Mucoceles can follow injury to the sinus mucosa and/or sinus outflow tract with a resulting expansile cystic mass. The clinical presentation ranges from swelling, pain, a palpable mass, proptosis, enophthalmos, and diplopia. The treatment involves either open or endoscopic incision and drainage of the cyst, mucosal resection, and an antrostomy for drainage.We report the case of a patient with Pfeiffer syndrome who underwent Le Fort III distraction osteogenesis and developed a symptomatic mucocele 15 years postoperatively.