Excessive Paranasal Sinuses and Mastoid Aeration as a Possible Cause of Chronic Headache

The objective of this case report is to present a patient with chronic headache who was diagnosed with excessive aeration of all paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells using computed tomography imaging. The volume and linear measurements of all of the cavities revealed values greater than the great...

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Autores principales: Kousoulis, Panagiotis, Hajiioannou, Jiannis, Florou, Vassiliki, Kretzas, Dimitrios, Korres, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/836064
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author Kousoulis, Panagiotis
Hajiioannou, Jiannis
Florou, Vassiliki
Kretzas, Dimitrios
Korres, George
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description The objective of this case report is to present a patient with chronic headache who was diagnosed with excessive aeration of all paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells using computed tomography imaging. The volume and linear measurements of all of the cavities revealed values greater than the greatest values reported in the literature. To date, this is the second reported case of excessive enlargement of all paranasal sinuses and the first which includes the enlargement of the mastoid air cells. No surgical intervention was required for the patient, but in similar cases, with more severe symptoms, surgical treatment is a challenge for the surgeon and may mandate a multidisciplinary approach.
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spelling pubmed-38678602013-12-24 Excessive Paranasal Sinuses and Mastoid Aeration as a Possible Cause of Chronic Headache Kousoulis, Panagiotis Hajiioannou, Jiannis Florou, Vassiliki Kretzas, Dimitrios Korres, George Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report The objective of this case report is to present a patient with chronic headache who was diagnosed with excessive aeration of all paranasal sinuses and mastoid air cells using computed tomography imaging. The volume and linear measurements of all of the cavities revealed values greater than the greatest values reported in the literature. To date, this is the second reported case of excessive enlargement of all paranasal sinuses and the first which includes the enlargement of the mastoid air cells. No surgical intervention was required for the patient, but in similar cases, with more severe symptoms, surgical treatment is a challenge for the surgeon and may mandate a multidisciplinary approach. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3867860/ /pubmed/24368959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/836064 Text en Copyright © 2013 Panagiotis Kousoulis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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