Objective: Objective of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield of X-rays taking CT scan as gold standard in acute and chronic sinusitis. Study Design:Validation study. Place and Duration of study: The study was conducted in the Radiology Department CMH Rawalpindi, from 1st Aug 2007 to 31st July 2008. Patients and Methods: This study involved 95 patients of both genders above 18 years of...

The aim of this study was to (a) detect the prevalence of anatomical variations of nose and paranasal sinuses in Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) on ‘Nasal Endoscopy’,and‘Computed Tomography’, (b) correlate between the two investigation modalities and (c) study association of anatomical variations of nose and paranasal sinuses in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. This Cross sectional study was carried out at...

BACKGROUND A case of cavernous hemangioma of the maxillary. METHOD A 25 year old lady presented with history of nasal obstruction, recurrent epistaxis and headache. On exam she had a mass in the left osteomeatal complex that was friable and bled easily on palpation. Computerized tomography of the paranasal sinuses 2mm coronal cuts showed complete opacification of the left maxillary sinus and ...

We present the first-ever documented evidence of mitotic figures in a case of sinonasal myxoma diagnosed in a 37 year-old gentleman. A 37 year-old gentleman was referred to the Otolaryngology clinic with left nasal discharge for six months. Preoperative images demonstrated obstruction of the left nasal airway with complete opacification of the left maxillary sinus, obscuration of the osteomeata...