BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is a chronic, systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that features noncaseating granulomas in many body regions. Sinonasal involvement is rare but is also suspected to be underreported. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 39-year-old woman who was incidentally diagnosed with isolated sarcoidosis involving the middle turbinates. Histopathologic examina...

Every day orthodontists observe the consequences habitual mouth breathing has in their patients’ oral cavities and the limitations this dysfunction places on their orthopedic and orthodontic treatments. Orthodontists can enlist the assistance of their ENT colleagues for the elimination of hypertrophied adenoidal and tonsillar tissue, but when asked to perform surgical correction of malformed na...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis (CF), caused by reduced CFTR function, includes severe sinonasal disease which may predispose to lung disease. Newly developed CF pigs provide models to study the onset of CF pathophysiology. We asked if glands from pig nasal turbinates have secretory responses similar to those of tracheal glands and if CF nasal glands show reduced fluid secretion. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between septum deviation and anatomic variations paranasal sinus. Methods: A total 157 (79 males, 78 females) patients ages 17 77 years (mean age: 33.7 ± 14.9 years) were included in study. Using sinus computed tomography imaging, anatomical including nasal septal deviation, Agger nasi cells, Haller Onodi Cells, sphenoid pneuma...