Autologous Fat Injection for the Correction of Facial Depression Resulting From Silent Sinus Syndrome

The case of a 59-year-old woman who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for right maxillary sinusitis 5 years before visiting our otorhinolaryngologic department complaining of right-sided facial depression was described in this study. Computed tomography (CT) scans revealed right facial depression and retraction of the orbital floor due to a hypoplastic right maxillary sinus. Symptoms and CT findings corresponded with silent sinus syndrome. Facial depression is a rare symptom in silent sinus syndrome and is well corrected by autologous fat transfer. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Il Gyu Kang, MD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Guwol-dong 1198, Namdong-gu, Incheon City 405-760, Republic of Korea; E-mail: eyik@naver.com Received 29 June, 2018 Accepted 17 August, 2018 This work was supported by the Technology Innovation Program (#10063389) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea). The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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