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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2006; 44(4): 211-217 Abstract |
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Full Text in Turkish [PDF] 513 KB |
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Coexistence
of the anatomic variations of the paranasal sinuses and tickening of the
sinus mucosa
Paranazal sinüs mukozal kalınlaşması ve anatomik varyasyon birlikteliği C.A. Çağıcı, İ. Yılmaz, A.N. Erkan, C. Yılmazer, L. Özlüoğlu |
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| Department of ENT, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Anatomic variation, anatomy, computed tomography, mucosal tickening, paranasal sinus |
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Objectives:
To compare the incidence of paranasal sinus anatomic variations in the
patient groups with and without the thickenings of sinus mucosa on the
paranasal sinus tomography. Methods:
In this retrospective study, we evaluated 155 paranasal sinus
tomographies, which had been taken at January and February 2003. We
evaluated all tomographies for the mucosal thickenings of the paranasal
sinuses. We separated the patients into two groups whether the
thickenings of the mucosa was present or not. We evaluated these
paranasal sinus tomographies for the existence of anatomic variations
that were accessory maxillary sinus ostium, agger nasi cell, Haller cell,
concha bullosa, and paradoxical middle concha, the deviation of the
uncinate process, the pneumatization of the uncinate process, septum
deviation and the pneumatization of the superior concha. Results:
Only the Haller cell and the medial deviation of the uncinate process
were seen significantly more frequent in the group, which has not the
thickening of the mucosa. The most frequently seen anatomic variation
was agger nasi cell and the least frequently seen was the lateral
deviation of the uncinate process in both groups. Conclusion: The existence of mucosal thickening on the side of anatomic variation does not show that this variation is affective in the pathogenesis of sinusitis. But all anatomic variations and mucosal thickening on the tomographies should be evaluated individually for each patient. |
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| Accepted after revision: | June 20, 2006 | ||
| Correspondence: |
Can Alper Çağıcı, MD Başkent Üniversitesi Adana Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Bölümü Baraj Yolu 1. Durak, Adana - Türkiye Phone: (0322) 458 68 68 / 2303, Fax: (0322) 459 99 49 e-mail: ccagici@hotmail.com |
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Copyright © 2006-2007 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. |
