paranasal sinus


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paranasal sinus

[¦par·ə¦nā·zəl ′sī·nəs]
(anatomy)
Any of the paired sinus cavities of the human face; includes the frontal, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinuses.
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Several conditions have been reported as risk factors for paranasal sinus mucoceles after endoscopic sinus surgery: (1) surgery during acute infection, (2) the presence of multiple mucoceles, and (3) significant extension of the mucocele outside the sinus wall.
Endoscopic endonasal management of recurrent maxillary mucoceles using biliary T-tube stenting
3) reported that mucoceles arose most frequently from the ethmoid sinus in their paranasal sinus mucocele case series, which was composed of 10 pediatric patients.
Posttravmatik frontoetmoidal mukopiyosel
According to the infectious hypothesis, chronic inflammation has a crucial role in the formation of paranasal sinus osteomas.
Solitary Osteoma within the Cavity of a Pneumatized Middle Turbinate
Mucocoeles of the paranasal sinuses are benign, expansile paranasal sinus masses; with time they slowly enlarge to expand and erode bony structures.
CT evaluation of diseases of paranasal sinuses
By definition a completely opacified, nonenhancing and mucus-filled expanded sinus, a mucocele is the most common expansile mass of a paranasal sinus (Figure 3).
The opacified paranasal sinus: Approach and differential
Patients who were diagnosed with and had treatment for paranasal sinus mucocele with orbital extension between 2005-2012 were included in this retrospective study.
Paranasal sinus mucoceles with intraorbital extension/Orbital invazyon gosteren paranazal sinus mukoselleri
Mucoceles of the paranasal sinus are benign pseudocystic lesions that develop following obstruction of the sinus ostium and drainage pathway.
Clinical presentation and treatment of primary and secondary paranasal mucoceles
The last paranasal sinus to develop between the inner and outer table of the frontal bone is the frontal sinus.
Imaging of the paediatric paranasal sinuses
Within the head and neck area, leiomyosarcomas frequently develop in the nasal and paranasal sinus areas, although this accounts for only about 3% of all leiomyosarcomas.
Leiomyosarcoma arising in the nasal cavity
Table 3: Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of xray paranasal sinuses for diagnosing paranasal sinus diseases.
CORREALTION OF X RAYS AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES
This patent and Acclarent's earlier 7,462,175 patent are directed to methods for treating a paranasal sinus ostium, such as the maxillary sinus ostium, either through the nostril or other routes.
Acclarent, Inc. granted key patent covering Balloon Sinuplasty technologies
Growth pattern of the maxillary sinus in the Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata): reflections on the structural role of the paranasal sinus.
Morphometric analysis of developing maxillary sinuses in human foetuses / Analisis morfometrico del desarrollo de los senos maxilares en fetos humanos

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