In a remarkable medical intervention, doctors at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road successfully treated a 76-year-old woman suffering from sphenoid sinus mucocele, a rare disorder that accounts for less than 2% of sinus diseases globally.

The patient was admitted with sudden drooping of her left eyelid and a heavy head sensation, initially suspected to be a stroke or nerve palsy. Advanced MRI and CT scans revealed a mucus-filled cyst deep within the sphenoid sinus, compressing optic nerves and the cavernous sinus, critical structures responsible for vision and brain function.

Life-Saving Minimally Invasive Surgery

Dr. Chandraveer Singh, Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist and Head & Neck Oncosurgeon, led the minimally invasive endoscopic transnasal surgery. The procedure accessed the mucocele

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