Acute sinusitis is very common in children and can be classified as bacterial or viral depending on the etiology. The diagnosis of acute sinusitis in children should be based on the presence of clinical findings that are suggestive of acute sinusitis rather than on imaging findings. The diagnosis can be confirmed by performing a culture and sensitivity test of the paranasal discharge. Once the ...

Rhinitis and sinusitis are among the most common medical conditions and are frequently associated. In Western societies an estimated 10% to 25% of the population have allergic rhinitis, with 30 to 60 million persons being affected annually in the United States. It is estimated that sinusitis affects 31 million patients annually in the United States. Both rhinitis and sinusitis can significantly...

Maxillary sinusitis of odontogenic origin is a well-known condition in both the dental and otolaryngology communities. It occurs when the Schneiderian membrane is violated by conditions arising from dentoalveolar unit. This type of sinusitis differs in its pathophysiology, microbiology, diagnostics and management from sinusitis of other causes, therefore, failure to accurately identify a dental...

To distinguish sinusitis from uncomplicated "colds," we examined lactoferrin and eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in nasal secretions. Lactoferrin titers were >/=1:400 in 4% of persons with uncomplicated colds and controls but in 79% of persons with sinusitis or purulent sputa. ECP levels were >200 ng/ml in 61% of persons with colds and >3,000 ng/ml in 62% of persons with sinusitis. Nasal la...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Sinusitis is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses that can be caused by anatomic variations of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. In this study we aimed to find the relationship between sinusitis and septal deviation (SeD) and concha bullosa. METHODS Two trained resident of ENT evaluated sinus CT scans of 463 cases presenting with nasal obstruction or chronic...

CONTEXT Maxillary sinusitis is an important issue in dentistry and maxillofacial surgery. This study aims to present a systematic review of etiologies and treatments of odontogenic maxillary sinusitis. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION An electronic database search was performed based on related MeSH keywords. Articles published between January 2001 and December 2014 was selected according to the inclusio...

Sinusitis is inflammation of the sinuses, which are air-filled cavities in the skull This inflammation leads to blockade of the normal sinus drainage pathways which in turn leads to mucus retention, hypoxia, decreased mucociliary clearance, and predisposition to bacterial growth it is characterized by headache Postnasal drip Face and eye pain Pain over the bridge of the nose sometimes tinged wi...

Chronic mucopurulent rhinosinusitis is a common accompaniment of chronic or recurrent bronchial sepsis-for example, in patients with bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis. It may be treated with systemic or topical medication, or both, but the response is often unsatisfactory. The efficacy of topical medication may depend on adequate exposure of the nasal and paranasal sinus mucosa to the chosen d...

Clinical experience has suggested the existence of an intermediate form of fungal sinusitis between the categories of non-invasive fungal sinusitis (non-IFS) and invasive fungal sinusitis (IFS). This fungal sinusitis variant demonstrates unhealthy mucosa by endoscopy with fungal invasion, but lacks angioinvasion microscopically, representing what clinically behaves as a 'pre-invasive' subtype o...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of concha bullosa and nasal septal deviation and their potential relationships to maxillary sinusitis. 883 CT scans taken at Creighton University School of Dentistry from 2005 to 2008 were retrospectively reviewed for the presence of concha bullosa, nasal septal deviation, and maxillary sinusitis. 67.5% of patients exhibited pneumatiza...