The Journal of craniofacial surgery | 2019
Endoscopic Removal of Huge Cholesterol Granuloma in the Maxillary Sinus Confused With Odontogenic Keratocyst.
Abstract
Cholesterol granuloma is a foreign body reaction to the deposition of cholesterol crystals, usually found in association to chronic middle ear diseases, being highly uncommon in the paranasal sinuses. Furthermore, a huge and aggressive cholesterol granuloma involving the maxillary sinus, hard palate, buccal space, and maxillary alveolus is extremely rare and has not been reported previously. This article reports a case of huge cholesterol granuloma in the maxillary sinus confused with an expansile odontogenic keratocyst, which was treated successfully via transnasal endoscopic approach.