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case_images: (A) Preoperative proptosis of the left eye. (B) Proptosis of the patient regressed within hours after surgery.
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case_images: At physical examination, an asymptomatic left eye was detected excepting proptosis (Figure 1). Postoperative follow-up of the patient was uneventful and proptosis of the patient regressed within hours after the surgery (Figure 1b).
case_images: (A) A left fronto-orbital mucopyocele is seen on MRI of the patient. (B) CT image of a bony defect in the left orbital roof caused by mucopyocele localized on the left orbital roof.
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case_images: A left fronto-orbital mucopyocele was seen during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the patient (Figure 2a). Computed tomography (CT) revealed a bony defect in the left orbital roof caused by mucopyocele on the left orbital roof (Figure 2b).
case_images: A bony defect in the orbital roof due to destruction caused by mucopyocele.
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case_images: After removal of the mucopyocele together with its capsule, a bony defect was observed in the orbital roof due to destruction caused by mucopyocele (Figure 3).
case_images: Postoperative MRI revealed that mucopyocele had been excised.
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case_images: Postoperative MRI revealed that mucopyocele had been excised (Figure 4).