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Giant concha bullosa: a case report.
Concha bullosa is a relatively common anatomic variant that is in fact an enlarged pneumatized middle turbinate. We report a case of giant concha bullosa in a 21-year-old woman who had a history of nasal obstruction. Anterior nasal examination of the nasal cavity revealed bilateral nasal masses which were covered with normal mucosa. Nasal endoscopy of both nasal cavities was impossible because ...
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Concha bullosa or conchal pneumatization refers to the presence of an air cell within a nasal turbinate. Pneumatization is most commonly seen in the middle turbinate followed by the superior turbinate. Pneumatized inferior turbinate is rare, and most of the papers in the literature appear as case reports. In this study, a 33-year-old female patient complaining from unilateral nasal stuffiness a...
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Turbinate pneumatisation, also known as concha bullosa, refers to the existence of an air cell inside the turbinate. While pneumatization of the middle and superior turbinates are common, the presence of pneumatization of the inferior turbinate, otherwise known as an inferior concha bullosa is very rare. Herewith, a case is presented of bilateral hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates associate...
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We report two unique cases of 50- and 28-year-old Turkish men with coincidence of conchachoanal polyp and mulberry hypertrophy of the inferior concha. We operated on both cases with endoscopic stripping of the polypoid tissue while preserving the periosteum and healthy mucosa of the inferior nasal concha. The polypoid tile of the left inferior nasal concha was resected in the case with mulberry...
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INTRODUCTION Mucoceles are mucus-filled, epithelial-lined sacs that slowly develop in the paranasal sinuses when sinus or concha bullosa drainage is obstructed by inflammatory processes, trauma, or prior surgery. They are extremely rare in children. Symptoms usually arise from the nasal obstruction or compression of neighboring structures. CASE PRESENTATION This case report describes a 5-year...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0145-5613,1942-7522
DOI: 10.1177/014556131109000714