Suat Terzi1, Engin Dursun2, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker3, Metin Çeliker2, Mehmet Beyazal3, Abdulkadir Özgür2, Emel Çadallı Tatar4, Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz5. 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey. drsterzi@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey. 3. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey. 4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ministry of Health, Training and Research Hospital, Ankara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt, Ankara, Turkey. 5. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the volume of paranasal sinuses (PNS) and turbinate in patients with unilateral choanal atresia (CA). MATERIALS AND METHOD: Computed tomography images of PNS in 11 individuals with unilateral CA were evaluated retrospectively. Mucosal thickness and volume of the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses were determined, in addition to the volume of the middle and inferior turbinate. The unaffected nasal side of patients was used as a control group for the measurements. The results comprised the measurements of the atresic side compared to those of the healthy side. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the atresic and healthy side of the nose in patients with CA with respect to mucosal thickness and volume of the PNS (the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses) and the middle and inferior turbinate (p > 0.050). CONCLUSION: The complete absence of nasal unilateral airflow had no effect on the development of the PNS and the middle and inferior turbinate. Moreover, mucosal thickness in the sinuses was similar to that in the control group.
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the volume of paranasal sinuses (PNS) and turbinate in patients with unilateral choanal atresia (CA). MATERIALS AND METHOD: Computed tomography images of PNS in 11 individuals with unilateral CA were evaluated retrospectively. Mucosal thickness and volume of the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses were determined, in addition to the volume of the middle and inferior turbinate. The unaffected nasal side of patients was used as a control group for the measurements. The results comprised the measurements of the atresic side compared to those of the healthy side. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the atresic and healthy side of the nose in patients with CA with respect to mucosal thickness and volume of the PNS (the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses) and the middle and inferior turbinate (p > 0.050). CONCLUSION: The complete absence of nasal unilateral airflow had no effect on the development of the PNS and the middle and inferior turbinate. Moreover, mucosal thickness in the sinuses was similar to that in the control group.