paranasal sinus


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Noun1.paranasal sinus - any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavitiesparanasal sinus - any of the paired sinuses in the bones of the face adjacent to the nasal cavity that are lined with mucous membrane that is continuous with the lining of the nasal cavities
nasal sinus, sinus paranasales
sinus - any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull
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Surgery and Radiotherapy has the primary role in treating paranasal sinus SCNECs while Chemotherapy can be used in the adjuvant setting but in laryngeal tumours, radiotherapy and chemotherapy has served better role for laryngeal SCNECs.
Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of nose and paranasal sinuses: The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital experience and review of literature
Mucoceles of the paranasal sinus can be managed endoscopically with an extremely low recurrence rate.
Endoscopic endonasal management of recurrent maxillary mucoceles using biliary T-tube stenting
Assessment of clinical, X-Ray and CT in diagnosis of paranasal sinus diseases.
Prospective study to compare clinical, X-ray and computed tomography findings in various paranasal sinus pathologies
Paranasal sinus mucoceles are mucus-containing cystic structures with an epithelial lining that completely fills in the paranasal sinuses.
Posttravmatik frontoetmoidal mukopiyosel
Paranasal sinus osteomas are benign osteogenic lesions, often diagnosed incidentally on computed tomography (CT).
Solitary Osteoma within the Cavity of a Pneumatized Middle Turbinate
The tumorigenesis of paranasal sinus tumours is unknown.
Primary ethmoid sinus squamous cell carcinoma in a young adult man
CT is accepted as the gold standard for pathologicalanatomical evaluation of paranasal sinus disease.
CT evaluation of diseases of paranasal sinuses
Have you ever thought it could be the result of a paranasal sinus adenocarcinoma?
Riding With The 'Alien': physiotherapist and author Graeme Heward shares his journey as a patient with paranasal sinus adenocarcinoma--a rare form of cancer that presented initially as a watery eye but threatened to end his life
However, there is a differential for an opacified paranasal sinus (Table 1).
The opacified paranasal sinus: Approach and differential
Paranasal sinus mucoceles occur with the collection of mucus in a cystic lesion lined with normal respiratory mucosa, as a result of the obliteration of the sinus ostium caused by chronic inflammation, trauma, iatrogenic injury, and tumors.
Paranasal sinus mucoceles with intraorbital extension/Orbital invazyon gosteren paranazal sinus mukoselleri
Variations in paranasal sinus anatomy: implications for the pathophysiology of chronic rhinosinusitis and safety of endoscopic sinus surgery.
Clinically significant anatomical variants of the paranasal sinuses
Conclusions: Mucoceles are benign lesions of the paranasal sinus.
Clinical presentation and treatment of primary and secondary paranasal mucoceles

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