Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan and Seethalakshmi, Narashiman (2012) HYPOPLASIA OF ALL PARANASAL SINUSES A SERIES CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. Online journal of otolaryngology JORL, 2 (2). pp. 28-32. ISSN 2250- 0359
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Hypoplasia of maxillary sinus is a rather rare condition. Review of literature reveal that so far only 6 cases have been reported. Hypoplasia of frontal and sphenoid sinuses has been documented rather frequently. In this article the authors report two rare cases of hypoplasia involving all paranasal sinuses which has not been reported so far in literature. This is actually an incidental finding when routine CT scan of sinuses was performed. This patient was clinically asymptomatic. Awareness of this condition is important because of implications involved in performing FESS surgery in these patients. Routine x-rays will lead to erroneous diagnosis of sinus infection because of the opacity seen in the poorly developed sinus area.
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||Hypoplasia of sinuses, maxillary sinus hypoplasia, frontal sinus hypoplasia, hypoplastic sinuses, nasal sinus hypoplasia, classification of maxillary sinus hypoplasia, causes of maxillary sinus hypoplasia, rhinology, otolaryngology|
|Subjects:||Medicine and Dentistry > Others in Medicine and Dentistry > Medicine and Dentistry not elsewhere classified|
|Depositing User:||Dr Thiagarajan Balasubramanian|
|Date Deposited:||01 Mar 2012 15:58|
|Last Modified:||01 Mar 2012 15:58|
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