The Pan African Medical Journal (Jun 2017)

Assessment of sphenoid sinus related anatomic variations with computed tomography

  • Figen Tunalı Turkdogan,
  • Kenan Ahmet Turkdogan,
  • Murat Dogan,
  • Mehmet Haydar Atalar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.109.7391
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 109

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INTRODUCTION: Frequent 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. METHODS: a 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.

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