CT OF NASAL TURBINATES

Surgery of the nasal septum and turbinates

The following article presents nasal septum and turbinate surgery. First an overview with special consideration of the anatomical and physiological background is given followed by indications for surgical procedures. Key steps of the gold standard procedure first described by Cottle and common variations are presented. Furthermore, some techniques dealing with special problems of the septumplas...

Variant anatomy of nasal turbinates: supreme, superior and middle conchae bullosae, paradoxical superior and inferior turbinates, and middle accessory turbinate.

Multiple anatomical variants were encountered during a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) study of the nasal cavity of a 43-year-old male patient. These were mostly related to the nasal turbinates, suggestive for an unusual development of ethmoturbinals. Pneumatized turbinates were observed: bilateral supreme, superior, and middle concha bullosa. There were bilateral paradoxically curved supe...

CT of nasal chondrosarcoma.

Chondrosarcomas rarely occur in the nose and paranasal sinus. Furthermore, because they cause minimal symptoms, the tumors are often discovered on ly after they have reached considerable size. Although plain radiographs of the nasal cavity are often difficult to interpret, and the extent of the lesion can be inferred only from adjacent bone involvement with pluridirectional tomography, computed...

Effects of Fluid and Computed Tomographic Technical Factors on Conspicuity of Canine and Feline Nasal Turbinates.

Turbinate destruction is an important diagnostic criterion in canine and feline nasal computed tomography (CT). However decreased turbinate visibility may also be caused by technical CT settings and nasal fluid. The purpose of this experimental, crossover study was to determine whether fluid reduces conspicuity of canine and feline nasal turbinates in CT and if so, whether CT settings can maxim...

Histological analysis of the distribution pattern of glandular tissue in normal inferior nasal turbinates Summary