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American Journal of Neuroradiology 24:346-347, March 2003
© 2003 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
HEAD AND NECK

MR Imaging Appearance of Frontal Sinus Barotrauma

Yoram Segev^a, Roee Landsberg^b and Dan M. Fliss^b

^a Radiology Department, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
^b ENT Department, The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Address reprint requests to Yoram Segev, MD, Radiology Department, The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv, Israel

Summary: 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.

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