Radiologic Imaging in Chronic Sinusitis

Sinusitis is one of the most common diseases which primary care physicians encounter in their daily practice [1]. Nowadays, it’s widely approved that radiologic imaging is not indicated to evaluate uncomplicated sinusitis cases. Further diagnostic evaluation and radiologic imaging should be reserved for sinusitis cases whose symptoms persist or recurr despite appropriate treatment. Sinusitis can be classified into acute, subacute and chronic sinusitis according to the duration of symptoms. Acute sinusitis is characterized with symptoms lasting shorter than one month. Subacute disease lasts 1-3 months, and chronic sinusitis lasts longer than 3 months and is generally related to suboptimally treat acute or subacute disease [2]. Erhan Erdogan1, Vural Fidan2* and Ersem Giritli3 1Department of Deputy Director of Radiology; Yunus Emre Goverment Hosp, Turkey 2Department of Deputy Director and Associate Professor of ENT, Yunus Emre Goverment Hosp, Turkey 3Yunus Emre Goverment Hosp ENT Dept, Turkey *Corresponding author: Vural Fidan, Deputy Director and Associate Professor of ENT Department, Yunus Emre Goverment Hosp Eskişehir, Turkey, Tel: +905055606842; Email: [email protected]