Sinusitis is inflammation of the sinuses, which are air-filled cavities in the skull This inflammation leads to blockade of the normal sinus drainage pathways which in turn leads to mucus retention, hypoxia, decreased mucociliary clearance, and predisposition to bacterial growth it is characterized by headache Postnasal drip Face and eye pain Pain over the bridge of the nose sometimes tinged wi...

Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) has been recognized as an important cause of chronic sinusitis commonly caused by Aspergillus spp. and various dematiaceous fungi like Bipolaris, Alternaria, Curvalaria, and etc. Ulocladium botrytis is a non pathogenic environmental dematiaceous fungi, which has been recently described as a human pathogen. Ulocladium has never been associated with allergic fungal...

this is a report of 30 cases of pediatric functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess). 28 of these children had chronic sinusitis and 2 had acute sinusitis the most common chief complaints were: 1) chronic rhinorea 2) nasal obstruction 3) chronic cough. systemic predisposing conditions were allergy in 7 pts and immotile cilliasyndrome in 2 pts, all of the procedures were performed under general ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Sinusitis is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses that can be caused by anatomic variations of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. In this study we aimed to find the relationship between sinusitis and septal deviation (SeD) and concha bullosa. METHODS Two trained resident of ENT evaluated sinus CT scans of 463 cases presenting with nasal obstruction or chronic...

AIMS To prospectively evaluate sinopulmonary disease in 24 patients with primary humoral immunodeficiency (11 with agammaglobulinaemia, nine with isolated IgA deficiency, and two with common variable immunodeficiency) and chronic productive cough, ascertain the usefulness of chest high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in evaluating the progression of lung disease, and test a therapeutic ap...

Mucociliary clearance depends on the interaction between cilia and mucus; it is delayed in the presence of purulent secretions. Nasal mucociliary clearance was examined by the saccharin method and nasal ciliary beat frequency by a photometric technique. Four groups were studied: normal controls, patients with bronchiectasis without nasal symptoms, patients with chronic mucopurulent sinusitis al...

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 ca...