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The diagnostic value of computed tomography was verified in the study of mucoceles in the paranasal sinuses involving the orbit. The CT data on 43 patients with clinical suspicion of mucocele highlight the characteristic signs; 26 were found to have a mucocele at operation.
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Perugini, S., Pasquini, U., Menichelli, F. et al. Mucoceles in the paranasal sinuses involving the orbit: CT signs in 43 cases. Neuroradiology 23, 133–139 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347556
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