An unusual medial ostium of a
concha bullosa of the middle turbinate.
Pneumatization of the inferior turbinate, or
concha bullosa of the inferior turbinate, is clinically significant when it causes persistent nasal airway obstruction.
1) Although it usually remains asymptomatic, a large
concha bullosa can occasionally compromise drainage of the sinuses.
A lamellar
concha bullosa involves the vertical lamella of the concha.
Each
concha bullosa was entered anteriorly with a microdebrider (figure, C).
A
concha bullosa of the middle turbinate is a relatively common anatomic finding.
2%) had a
concha bullosa smaller than 5 mm in its greatest mediolateral dimension, and 9 patients (27.
The
concha bullosa was entered anteriorly, revealing an anterior compartment (figure, C) that extended inferiorly below a posterior and superior compartment (figure, D).
A
concha bullosa is a condition in which a middle turbinate has become pneumatized (occasionally, inferior and superior turbinates also become pneumatized).
Computed tomography (CT) of the sinuses at this 6-year-postoperative visit showed mucosal thickening of the right maxillary sinus and
concha bullosa of the right middle turbinate (figure, C).
Clinical examination revealed the presence of a
concha bullosa of the right middle turbinate (figure, A).
Pneumatization of the middle turbinate, known as a
concha bullosa, is a common anatomic variant.
