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![]() | Media file 1: Air-fluid level (arrow) in the maxillary sinus suggests sinusitis. |
![]() | Media file 2: Accessory ostia in the medial walls of both maxillary sinuses with left maxillary sinusitis. |
![]() | Media file 3: Deviated nasal septum on a coronal high-resolution CT scan. |
![]() | Media file 4: Bilateral ethmoid sinusitis on an MRI. |
![]() | Media file 5: Concha bullosa of the right middle turbinate. |
![]() | Media file 6: Ethmoid sinusitis with intracranial extension and also extension into the left orbit. |
![]() | Media file 7: Paradoxical curves of both middle turbinates cause narrowing of the osteomeatal units. |
![]() | Media file 8: Sinonasal polyposis. Soft tissues completely fill the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses and extend into the nasal cavities. |
![]() | Media file 10: Polypoid mucosal thickening in the right maxillary sinus with a mucous retention cyst in the left on a Waters view. |
![]() | Media file 11: Right-sided sphenoethmoidal pattern of sinusitis. |
![]() | Media file 12: Mucous retention cysts along the floor of the right and the anterior wall of the left maxillary sinuses. |
![]() | Media file 13: Mucosal thickening in the left anterior ethmoid and maxillary sinuses and in the region of the infundibulum. This indicates an osteomeatal pattern of sinusitis. |
![]() | Media file 14: Frontal mucocele. Expansion of the left frontal sinus indicated by low-attenuating soft tissues with thinning of the walls but no erosion. |
![]() | Media file 16: MRI shows intraorbital extension of ethmoid sinusitis on the right side. |
![]() | Media file 17: Axial MRI in the same patient as in Image 16 shows right intraorbital extension of sinusitis with medial displacement of medial rectus muscle. |
![]() | Media file 18: Expansion of the left anterior ethmoid sinuses with thinned bit intact bony walls; these findings suggest a mucocele. |
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Keywords
rhinosinusitis, functional endoscopic sinus surgery, FESS






































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