A CLINICAL STUDY OF 12 CASES WITH BLOOD BOILS OF THE MAXILLARY SINUS

Abstract

We retrospectively analyzed 12 patients with blood boils of the maxillary sinus treated from May 2000 to July 2004. Subjects were 8 men and 4 women aged 15 to 56 years (mean : 30.8 years). In 11, we conducted endoscopic sinus surgery to extirpate the tumorous mass. In 2, we removed it with little blood loss after selective embolization of the feeding arteries. Endo-scopic sinus surgery and selective embolization are thus effective in extirpating blood boils of the maxillary sinus. We also review the pertinent literature.