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 |