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concha bullosa

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con·cha bul·lo·sa

abnormal pneumatization of the middle turbinate that may interfere with normal ventilation of sinus ostia and can result in recurrent sinusitis.
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Concha bullosa has been implicated as a possible aetiological factor in the pathogenesis of recurrent or chronic rhinosinusitis.
SINONASAL ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS
Concha bullosa and mucosal thickening: Fifty of the right-sided CBs also presented right-sided MS.
Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Analysis of Paranasal Variations, Osteomeatal Complex Disease, Odontogenic Lesion and Their Effect on Maxillary Sinus/Paranazal Varyasyonlarin, Osteomeatal Kompleks Hastaliginin ve Odontojenik Lezyonlarin MaksillerSinuse Olan Etkisinin Konik Isinli Bilgisayarli Tomografi ile incelemesi
Giant concha bullosa. BMJ Case Rep 2014; pii: bcr2013200524.
Nasal Functional Evaluation Using Nasal Endoscopy, Acoustic Rhinometry, and Rhinomanometry on Nasal Airway-Obstructed Patients after Endoscopic Septoplasty, Corrective Rhinoplasty, and Internal Nasal Valve Surgery
This bone lesion filled the largest part of the concha bullosa cavity.
Solitary Osteoma within the Cavity of a Pneumatized Middle Turbinate
One study20 reported that 73% subjects with concha bullosa suffered from paranasal sinus inflammatory disease; but 78% subjects without concha bullosa also indicated some forms of inflammatory disease.
The incidence of nasal septal deviation and its relation with chronic rhinosinusitis in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Concha bullosa is a result of pneumatisation of the osseous plate of middle turbinate.
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS IN CLINICAL RHINOSINUSITIS
At the time of surgery, the left concha bullosa was entered anteriorly (figure, B) and the lateral portion of the concha bullosa was resected.
Endoscopic view of a drainage pathway of a concha bullosa
Concha bullosa were addressed in 3 cases, and agger nasi cells in 1 case.
Analysis of 34 cases of endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy--surgical success and patient satisfaction, a case series, our experience
Keywords: Anatomic variations, Para-nasal sinuses, Deviated nasal septum, Concha bullosa. (JPMA 63: 317; 2013).
Anatomical variations of nose and para-nasal sinuses; CT scan review
Pneumatization of the nasal turbinates is a common anatomic variant that most frequently occurs as a concha bullosa of the middle turbinate.
Endoscopic view of a concha bullosa of the inferior nasal turbinate
Of 339 patients, the primary diagnosed diseases along with their co-existent conditions were 66 Deviated Nasal Septum (DNS), 54 maxillary sinusitis, 47 ethmoid sinusitis, 44 Inferior Turbinate Hypertrophy (ITH), 35 maxillary sinus-mucosal hypertrophy, 28 frontal sinusitis, 20 ethmoidal polyp, 14 antrochoanal polyp, 12 nasal mass, 9 nasopharyngeal mass, 5 concha bullosa, 3 pansinusitis and 2 sphenoid sinusitis (Fig.
Surveillance of sino-nasal abnormalities diagnosed by computed tomography scan of Paranasal Sinuses in a teaching hospital
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