Chronic sphenoid rhinosinusitis: management challenge
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Chronic sphenoid rhinosinusitis: management challenge
Chronic sphenoid rhinosinusitis is a spectrum of inflammatory diseases in isolated sphenoid sinus which may persist over a period of 12 weeks. It is a different entity from other types of rhinosinusitis because clinical presentations include headache, visual loss or diplopia, and patients may or may not have nasal obstruction or nasal discharge. Nasal endoscopic examination is useful, and compu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Asthma and Allergy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1178-6965
DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s93023