The aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological findings of unilateral paranasal sinus disease dominated by maxillary sinus opacification on routine non-contrast enhanced paranasal sinus CT. We performed a retrospective analysis of routine paranasal sinus CT conducted between March 2003 and April 2007. Unilateral maxillary sinus opacification (with or without ipsilateral ethmoid or ...

BACKGROUND Sinusitis is a common disease in the horse. In human medicine it is described, that obstruction of the sinonasal communication plays a major role in the development of sinusitis. To get spatial sense of the equine specific communication ways between the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses, heads of 19 horses, aged 2 to 26 years, were analyzed using three-dimensional (3D) reformatt...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Paranasal sinus pneumatization in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is less extensive compared to the general population and seems to be correlated to CF genotype. Interestingly, in CF patients temporal bone pneumatization (TBP) is more extensive compared to the general population, and middle ear pathology is generally uncommon in CF. It is debated whether TBP is influenc...

Aim of the study: Cholesterol granuloma is a histological entity which consists granulation tissue in large quantity cholesterol crystals provoke foreign body giant cell formation. granulomas are often found middle ear with rare presentation paranasal sinus. We would like to highlight diagnostic challenges and management maxillary sinus young woman presenting as unilateral nasal mass. Case repo...

PURPOSE Paranasal sinus mucocele is a benign, expansile mass which can occur as a result of trauma or spontaneous obstruction of a sinus tract. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the clinical characteristics of primary mucoceles occurring in patients with no previous sinus surgery history or known cause of mucoceles and secondary mucoceles resulting as a complication followin...

The outcome of minimally invasive sinus surgery in patients over age 65 has not yet been reported. Geriatric patients who have objective clinical findings and extensive medical histories that would usually warrant surgical intervention are often managed medically for various reasons, chief among which may be the rationale that many older patients have lived with their symptoms for many years an...

BACKGROUND Nasal and paranasal cavities are supposed to contribute substantially to the vocal tract resonator properties. However, their acoustical effects as well as the effects of sinus surgery on the voice remain unclear. In this work we investigate resonance phenomena of paranasal sinuses prior to and after various rhinosurgical procedures in cadaveric human sinonasal tracts and correspondi...

BACKGROUND Maxillary sinus mucoceles are relatively rare among all paranasal sinus mucoceles. With the introduction of endoscopic sinus surgical techniques, rhinologic surgeons prefer transnasal endoscopic management of sinus mucoceles. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical presentation of maxillary sinus mucoceles and to establish the efficacy of endoscopic management of sinus muco...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of nodal involvement and its prognostic value in malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses, particularly in maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Tertiary cancer center. PATIENTS The medical records of 704 consecutive patients surgically treated for malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses from January 1968 to Marc...