Anatomic variation in pediatric chronic sinusitis: a CT study

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 1996 Feb;29(1):75-91.

Abstract

The diagnosis of pediatric chronic sinusitis is problematic in very young children who have several of the symptoms consistent with chronic sinusitis. This article addresses only the issues surrounding the imaging, and particularly computed tomographic scanning, of chronic sinusitis in the pediatric population.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Paranasal Sinuses / abnormalities*
  • Paranasal Sinuses / diagnostic imaging
  • Reference Values
  • Sinusitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sinusitis / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*