ABSTRACT
El aumento de volumen en la región frontal puede deberse a múltiples etiologías, dentro de las cuales deben considerarse: mucocele, tumor de Pott-Puffy, lesiones fibro-óseas, tumores de nariz y senos paranasales, lesiones intracraneales y metástasis. El objetivo del estudio fue describir el protocolo clínico empleado en los pacientes que se presentaron con aumento de volumen frontal y una propuesta de estadificación de las lesiones inflamatorias. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo observacional. Se encontraron 7 casos con aumento de volumen en la región frontal: 4 casos secundarios a enfermedad inflamatoria (3 casos tumor de Pott-Puffy, un mucocele frontal) y 3 por neoplasia (un caso benigno y 2 malignos). Es muy importante considerar, entre los diagnósticos diferenciales de aumento de volumen en la región frontal, enfermedades inflamatorias que pueden representar una complicación grave de infecciones nasosinusales o neoplasias malignas avanzadas. Se propone un sistema de estadificación de las lesiones inflamatorias frontales (AU)
Frontal swelling can be due to multiple etiologies, including: mucocele, Pott's puffy tumor, fibro osseous lesions, benign and malignant neoplasms of the nose and paranasal sinuses, intracranial lesions, and metastasis. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical protocol used for the diagnosis of patients presented with frontal swelling and the proposal for staging of inflammatory lesions. We performed an observational retrospective analysis. We found 7 cases of patients with frontal swelling: 4 cases secondary to inflammatory pathology (3 Potts puffy tumors and one frontal mucocele), and 3 cases secondary to neoplasms (one benign and 2 malignant neoplasms). It's very important to consider the wide differential diagnosis that can present as frontal swelling, from inflammatory pathologies secondary to possible advanced infections of the paranasal sinuses to invasive malignant neoplasms. We propose a system of staging of frontal inflammatory lesions (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Frontal Sinusitis/diagnosis , Frontal Sinusitis/etiology , Frontal Sinusitis/therapy , Frontal Sinus/injuries , Pott Puffy Tumor/surgery , Pott Puffy Tumor/etiology , Osteoma/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Osteoma/therapy , Mucocele/diagnosis , Mucocele/therapy , Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms/diagnosis , Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms/therapy , Neoplasm Metastasis/pathology , Neoplasm Metastasis/therapy , Retrospective Studies , Observational Study , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methodsABSTRACT
Frontal swelling can be due to multiple etiologies, including: mucocele, Pott's puffy tumor, fibro osseous lesions, benign and malignant neoplasms of the nose and paranasal sinuses, intracranial lesions, and metastasis. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical protocol used for the diagnosis of patients presented with frontal swelling and the proposal for staging of inflammatory lesions. We performed an observational retrospective analysis. We found 7 cases of patients with frontal swelling: 4 cases secondary to inflammatory pathology (3 Potts puffy tumors and one frontal mucocele), and 3 cases secondary to neoplasms (one benign and 2 malignant neoplasms). It's very important to consider the wide differential diagnosis that can present as frontal swelling, from inflammatory pathologies secondary to possible advanced infections of the paranasal sinuses to invasive malignant neoplasms. We propose a system of staging of frontal inflammatory lesions.
