This letter is a commentary on the article titled "Evaluation of variations in sinonasal region with computed tomography", published in the January 2016 issue of World Journal of Radiology. The authors definition of the secondary middle turbinate is incorrect. The authors stated that the secondary middle turbinate is an accessory turbinate that is seen between the superior and middle turbinates...

At least three medical specialties are occupied, among other things of course, with the treatment of nasal polyps: Pulmonology, allergology, and certainly the otolaryngologists. This is because the nose plays an important role in the physiology of the respiratory system and it directly affects the quality of life. Also, nasal polyps are detected in a significant up to 4% portion of the adult po...

Introduction Rhinolithiasis is a clinical symptom caused by rhinoliths (1). Today, the incidence of rhinolith in adults is low. Rhinoliths result from mineralization of an endogenous or exogenous nidus and usually develop within the nasal cavity (1). They are a mixture of 10% organic substances and 90% inorganic material incorporated into the lesion from nasal secretions (2). Exogenous rhinolit...

Rhinitis and rhinosinusitis are multifactorial disease processes in which bacteria may play a role either in infection or stimulation of the inflammatory process. Rhinosinusitis has been historically studied with culture-based techniques, which have implicated several common pathogens in disease states. More recently, the NIH Human Microbiome Project has examined the microbiome at a number of a...

  Background and Objective: Sinusitis is one of the most common hygienic problems and a large part of the budget has been allocated to its diagnosis and treatment yearly. In this study, the presence of cytomegalovirus in sinuses of patients, undergone operation for treatment, with or without sinusitis, was studied. Materials and Methods: This study was an applied and case-co...

A 63-year-old man presented with a history of recurrent epistaxis. Past medical history included hypertension, diabetes mellitus and nasal polyposis. He was otherwise asymptomatic. On presentation, fibreoptic nasendoscopy to visualize a source for his nasal bleeding, identified coincidental asymmetrical nodular soft tissue swellings in the left and right tongue base (Figure 1) and a left middle...

A 55-year-old man initially presented with progressive right-sided vision loss during hospitalization following revision liver transplant. He underwent treatment with high-dose corticosteroids for presumed optic neuritis, with initial vision improvement that subsequently progressed to complete visual loss. He was then transferred to our facility. Repeat radiographic analysis demonstrated left m...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and tolerability of a novel, fully synthetic, poly-urethane middle meatal dressing after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). STUDY DESIGN Case series with planned data collection. SETTING Tertiary care medical facility. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In total, 104 patients with medically refractory chronic rhinosinusitis were treated with patient-appropriate ESS and a p...

It is not fully understood why humans possess paranasal sinuses and for many years there has been speculation as to their physiological significance. Much the same uncertainty holds true for the pathophysiology of chronic paranasal sinusitis, a disease which represents a major therapeutic challenge despite recent medical and surgical progress. 3 There are probably several distinct subtypes of c...