Table 1: Patients treated by an endonasal approach alone or combined with maxillary anterior sinusotomy for odontogenic cysts or tumors.

Age/sex

Symptom/sign

CT: maxillary sinus

Endonasal surgery

Anterior maxillary antrostomy

Histology

Complications

Complete resection/follow-up

 

Male/45

Facial swelling

Destruction of all walls

 

Medial and lower maxillary mega-antrostomy

 

Yes

Unicystic  

ameloblastoma

 

No

Yes/6 years

Male/15

Facial swelling

Anterior, medial, and posterior wall destruction

 

Medial maxillary mega-antrostomy

 

Yes

Keratocyst

 

No

Yes/7 years

Male/12

Headache

Posterior and inferior wall destruction

 

Medial maxillary mega-antrostomy and prelacrimal approach

 

No

Dentigerous cyst

 

No

Yes/6 months