Isolated turbinitis and pneumatization of the concha inferior in a child

A review of outcomes following inferior turbinate reduction surgery in children for chronic nasal obstruction

“…Two other case reports, one discussing congenital inferior turbinate hypertrophy and the other on pneumatization of the inferior turbinate, were excluded [3,4]. No randomized controlled trials or systematic reviews were found in the Cochrane Collaboration database, nor were any relevant studies found prior to 1989 indexed in either PubMed or EMBASE.…”

“…common causes of nasal obstruction where surgery may be indicated include congenital enlargement of the inferior turbinate and pneumatization of the inferior turbinate [3,4]. The overall number of turbinate reduction operations performed in children has been steadily decreasing in England, United Kingdom [5].…”

Concha bullosa: types and relationship with chronic sinusitis

“…A study by Kiroglu et al in their study showed that concha bullosa of the inferior turbinate is an exceptionally atypical with 11 reports of this condition in the literature. 9 In the work published by Stammberger, pneumatization of superior turbinate was never noticed. 2 In the present study, out of 81 CB, lamellar type was 54.32%, bulbous type was 27.16% and extensive were 18.52%.…”

Concurrence of middle and inferior concha bullosa

“…[4] Oluşan baş ağrısı ve burun tıkanıklığı konka rezeksiyonu ve lateralizasyonuyla tedavi edilebilir. [5][6][7][8][9][10] Alt konka bülloza tek taraf lı olabileceği gibi, iki taraf lı da olabilir. Bu makalede iki taraf lı orta konka bülloza ile birlikte sol alt konka bülloza olgusu sunuldu.…”