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1: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003 Mar;24(3):346-7.Click here to read Links

MR imaging appearance of frontal sinus barotrauma.

Segev Y, Landsberg R, Fliss DM.

Radiology Department, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

We present the case of a flight passenger who experienced acute and severe headache during landing. MR imaging was performed because the patient had a history of vascular malformation and revealed an incidental venous angioma. A mass lesion in the frontal sinus, consistent with submucosal hematoma secondary to barotrauma, was thought to be the cause of the headache. To our knowledge, this is the first case of sinus barotrauma described in the radiologic literature and the first to describe the associated MR imaging findings.

PMID: 12637280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]