Grażyna Stryjewska-Makuch1, Magdalena Kokoszka2, Karolina Goroszkiewicz1,3, Olga Karłowska-Bijak3, Bogdan Kolebacz1, Maciej Misiołek3. 1. Department of Laryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Leszek Giec Upper-Silesian Medical Centre of the Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland. 2. Department of Paediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Upper Silesian Child Health Centre, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland. mgkokoszka@gmail.com. 3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to present rare sinus syndromes known as silent sinus syndrome (SSS) and frontal sinus syndrome with excessive pneumatization and bone defects in the wall (pneumocele). The available literature describing pneumocele cases was reviewed. METHODOLOGY: PubMed and Science Direct databases were searched by two independent reviewers. The primary outcome was finding descriptions of the sinus pneumocele. In the end, papers on frontal sinus pneumocele that was not the result of trauma, congenital defects or comorbidities were selected. Moreover, the authors presented their own cases of SSS and pneumocele. RESULTS: Twelve case reports of frontal sinus pneumocele were found, one own case was presented. In addition, 8 subjects with SSS, diagnosed and treated in the period from September 2017 to May 2022, were described. CONCLUSIONS: With the increasing number of patients suffering from sinus diseases and the growing number of endoscopic surgeries, the knowledge of rare sinus syndromes will increase the safety of the procedures performed.
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to present rare sinus syndromes known as silent sinus syndrome (SSS) and frontal sinus syndrome with excessive pneumatization and bone defects in the wall (pneumocele). The available literature describing pneumocele cases was reviewed. METHODOLOGY: PubMed and Science Direct databases were searched by two independent reviewers. The primary outcome was finding descriptions of the sinus pneumocele. In the end, papers on frontal sinus pneumocele that was not the result of trauma, congenital defects or comorbidities were selected. Moreover, the authors presented their own cases of SSS and pneumocele. RESULTS: Twelve case reports of frontal sinus pneumocele were found, one own case was presented. In addition, 8 subjects with SSS, diagnosed and treated in the period from September 2017 to May 2022, were described. CONCLUSIONS: With the increasing number of patients suffering from sinus diseases and the growing number of endoscopic surgeries, the knowledge of rare sinus syndromes will increase the safety of the procedures performed.