Ann Clin Case Rep | Volume 2, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Mastoid Mucocele: An Uncommon Alert of Fibrous Dysplasia Onset: Case Report and Literature Review

Davide Brotto^1*, Ezio Caserta¹, Elisa Lovo¹, Renzo Manara², Sara Ghiselli¹, Patrizia Trevisi¹, Alessandro Martini¹ and Roberto Bovo¹

¹ENT Unit, Neurosciences Department, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
²Neuroradiology, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Via S. Allende 1, 89081, Salerno, Italy

^*Correspondance to: Davide Brotto 

Abstract

The Problem: Fibrous dysplasia affects bone metabolism determining nonmalignant osseous change. Craniofacial skeleton is usually affected and temporal bone involvement is uncommon. Furthermore, when a concomitant rare mastoid mucocele is already affecting the same region, the related diagnosis can be even more challenging.The
Methodology: Here we report a radiological and surgical case, with CT, MRI and surgical imaging of a patient affected by a mastoid mucocele to be considered as a first sign of fibrous dysplasia onset.Conclusions: Mastoid mucocele is a rare finding. To date, in medical literature only three cases are depicted. Etiology is still unknown even if multiple have been the hypothesis put forward. Although fibrous dysplasia temporal bone localization is well known, to our knowledge, this is the very first case in medical literature of a mastoid mucocele as an alert of fibrous dysplasia onset.

Keywords:

Mucocele; Mastoid; Temporal bone; Head CT; MRI

Citation:

Brotto D, Caserta E, Lovo E, Manara R, Ghiselli S, Trevisi P, et al. Mastoid Mucocele: An Uncommon Alert of Fibrous Dysplasia Onset: Case Report and Literature Review. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017; 2: 1486.