Unilateral Absence of Ethmoid Sinus and Nasal Turbinates: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

A variety of anatomical variation of paranasal sinus and nasal turbinates exist, as its development is a complex and long standing process. Computerized Tomography (CT) of the paranasal sinuses is a very valuable tool in diagnosing these variations. Preoperatively defining the anatomical variations of the intranasal structures is essential in performing the safe functional endoscopic sinus surgery and to avoid unnecessary complications. Several degrees and combinations of aplasias and hypoplasias have been reported. We report a case of 37-year-old male who presented with bilateral nasal block and rhinorrhea and his CT paranasal sinuses showed gross septal spur in left side, absence of right middle, inferior and superior turbinates, absent right ethmoid air cells, aplastic right frontal sinus, left concha bullosa with bilateral maxillary sinusitis.

A Study on the Influence of Sinusitis in a Case of Persistent Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media of Tubotympanic Type

“…Precise descriptions of anatomical variations are very important in achieving perfect diagnosis and successful endoscopic sinus surgeries. 10 On otoendoscopy, 12 patients (24%) were found to have a small central perforation involving the anterior quadrant. 22 patients (44%) had a large central perforation involving anterior and posterior quadrants while 16 patients had a subtotal central perforation.…”

Características morfológicas e implicações clínicas e cirúrgicas da concha nasal suprema: uma revisão integrativa

“…Durante o sétimo mês, a maxiloturbinal se separa da parede lateral, tornando-se um osso separado no adulto (Som & Naidich, 2013). Em relação ao comprimento, as três conchas usuais aumentam progressiva e proporcionalmente em direção ântero-posterior durante a vida fetal (Bolger, 2001;Felix & Veerasigamani, 2017;Levine & Clemente, 2005).…”