ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2017
Assessment of sphenoid sinus related anatomic variations with computed tomography.
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- Anatomical variation in the sphenoidal sinuses in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis: A CT scan study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Anatomical Variations of Sphenoid Sinus and Its Adjacent Structures Pneumatization and Its Significance: A CT Scan Study.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Application of expanding bilateral sphenoid sinus plasty in the treatment of sphenoid sinus diseases.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2023Article
- Factors affecting the location of sphenoid sinus ostium: a binary logistic regression analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- A Comparative Study of CT Scan and Nasal Endoscopic Findings of Lateral Wall of Nose, in Headache of Rhinogenic Origin.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionFrequent and broad application of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) in parallel with experience makes it imperative to know the anatomy and the existing pathology very well before surgery. This study examines the association between anomalies in the sphenoid sinus area in paranasal sinuses computed tomography (PNS-CT) and pathological findings and determines variations of sphenoid sinus.
methodsA total of 200 cases (100 women, 100 men) who had PNS-CT in the emergency and radiology polyclinics within the period of one year were included in this study. Bone tissue anomalies and soft tissue pathologies were assessed in the CT.
resultsPterygoid process was found in 36.75% of our cases, anterior clinoid pneumatization was found in 21.25%; vidian canal in 34.25%, foramen rotundum in 17.5% and ICA in 12.75% had protrusion into the sphenoid sinus; 8.25% were found to have onodi cell, 11.25% were found to have multiple septation, 16.75% were found to have mucosal thickening and 2.5% were found to have retention cyst.
conclusionThe importance of PNS-CT in terms of determining anatomic variations before ESC and predicting possible complications during surgery has been emphasized once more. In our study, as sphenoid sinus pneumatization increased, the projection of neighbouring vein and nerve structures into the sinus was found to increase as well.
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