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HAROLD F. SCHUKNECHT, M.D.; JOHN R. LINDSAY, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1949;49(6):609-630.

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BENIGN cysts which are common in and peculiar to the paranasal sinuses are of two general types, those which take origin from the sinus mucosa and those which invade the maxillary sinuses from the teeth. Dermoids and cysts of the facial cleft, which frequently involve the nasal structures, rarely involve the paranasal sinuses proper. While the pathogenesis of some types of cysts found in the sinuses is fairly well understood, the development of others is not adequately explained, nor is the etiology of certain types established.

A simple classification of these cysts is as follows:

1. Cysts arising from the sinus mucosa
   
   1. Nonsecreting cysts
      
   2. Secreting cysts
      
      1. Retention (glandular) cyst
         
      2. Mucocele
         
      
      
   
   
2. Odontogenic cysts
   
   1. Follicular cysts (dentigerous 1)
      
   2. Radicular (root) cyst
      
   
   

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Division of Otolaryngology of the University of Chicago, the School of Medicine.

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