The radiographic appearance of sinuses was studied in 146 Thai asthmatic patients aged 1-13 years. Forty-eight percent of cases showed sinusitis by the radiographic criteria. The maxillary sinus was most commonly involved (98.6%). Thirty-three percent had ethmoidal sinusitis and 7% of those with developed frontal sinuses had frontal sinusitis. Thirty-three percent had more than one sinus involv...

Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis is an uncommon aggressive life-threatening opportunistic fungal infection that affects mainly the immunocompromised population with mortality rate up to 50%. Due to its aggressive nature, early detection and prompt management are of great importance for a good prognosis. Our report describes a fatal outcome of a case of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis follo...

BACKGROUND The purpose of our study was to examine how physicians diagnose sinusitis in practice. We addressed three specific questions: (1) what clinical factors do physicians look for in evaluating and caring for patients with suspected sinusitis, (2) to what extent do physicians use transillumination and radiograph evaluations in diagnosing sinusitis, and (3) how does the diagnosis of sinusi...

background: allergic fungal sinusitis is a non-invasive disease, and accounts for approximately 6-8% of all chronic sinusitis requiring surgical intervention. as the treatment and prognosis of these disorders vary significantly, it is extremely important to recognize allergic fugal sinusitis and differentiate it from chronic sinusitis of bacterial and fungal origin. this prospective study evalu...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Previous studies have suggested that aggressive treatment of sinusitis can decrease bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). However, there is still too little evidence to draw this conclusion, and the concept remains controversial. DESIGN A prospective, open-label study. SETTING University children's hospital allergy and immunology center and radiologic department. PATIENTS S...

The rhino mouse, a single gene recessive mutation, is characterized by abnormal epidermal differentiation and maturation leading to the loss of hair at 1 month of age as well as follicular and epidermal hyperkeratoses. We evaluated the lids and corneas of nine rhino mice and their normal litter mates at various ages from 3 months to 1 year. Tissue specimens were studied by light microscopy, sca...

Computerised tomography (CT) scan imaging techniques acts as a guide for functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). It plays a vital role in the successful outcome of the treatment and management of the paranasal sinus variations. The frequent predisposing factors of chronic sinusitis are the anatomical variations of the paranasal sinus and nasal region. Computed tomography (CT) scan plays a f...

Each year, around 2% of the UK population consults their GP about a suspected sinus infection (Ashworth 2005). Most people with acute sinusitis recover with or without treatment within 10 days of seeing a GP (Williamson 2007), but about 92% are prescribed an antibacterial, even though it makes little difference to outcome. (Ashworth 2005) Acute sinusitis is defined as inflammation of the nose a...