Two Cases of Organized Hematoma of Maxillary Sinus with Bone Erosion

Tae, Kyung; Kim, Su Young; Jung, Jin Hyuk; Kim, Kyung Rae; Oh, Young Ha; Park, Dong Woo

Case Report

Journal of Rhinology 2005;12(2):124-128.
Published online November 30, 2005.

Two Cases of Organized Hematoma of Maxillary Sinus with Bone Erosion

Kyung Tae, Su Young Kim, Jin Hyuk Jung, Kyung Rae Kim, Young Ha Oh, Dong Woo Park

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. kytae@hanyang.ac.kr
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

골파괴를 동반한 상악동 기질화 혈종 2례

태경, 김수영, 정진혁, 김경래, 오영하, 박동우

한양대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실,¹ 병리학교실,² 진단방사선과학교실³

Abstract

An organized hematoma in the maxillary sinus can be formed by organizing procedure of hematoma in the unaerated maxillary sinus. It is a rare disorder of unknown etiology. Clinical symptoms, signs, and radiologic appearance of the hematoma mimick tumors at the initial diagnosis. An expansile organized hematoma in the maxillary sinus may induce erosion or destruction of the maxillary bony wall. Therefore, it may be difficult to distinguish such lesion from malignant tumors. We report two cases of an organized hematoma in the maxillary sinus presenting with erosion of the maxillary sinus wall with a brief review of the literature.

Key Words: Hematoma;Maxillary sinus