Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases

Inferior turbinate pneumatization is a rare cause of inferior turbinate enlargement. Suspected cases need careful examination and evaluation using computed tomography (CT) scan of paranasal sinuses followed by a tailored management plan. Here, we are reporting three cases of inferior turbinate pneum...

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Autores principales: Aldilaijan, Khalid, Almasoud, Mai, El Baramawy, Ahmed, Min, Jin-Young, Kim, Sung Wan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9491683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36159359
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29252
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author Aldilaijan, Khalid
Almasoud, Mai
El Baramawy, Ahmed
Min, Jin-Young
Kim, Sung Wan
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description Inferior turbinate pneumatization is a rare cause of inferior turbinate enlargement. Suspected cases need careful examination and evaluation using computed tomography (CT) scan of paranasal sinuses followed by a tailored management plan. Here, we are reporting three cases of inferior turbinate pneumatization including their clinical assessment and CT scan of paranasal sinuses along with their surgical management. The case series is followed by a literature review of this entity and its management.
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spelling pubmed-94916832022-09-23 Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases Aldilaijan, Khalid Almasoud, Mai El Baramawy, Ahmed Min, Jin-Young Kim, Sung Wan Cureus Otolaryngology Inferior turbinate pneumatization is a rare cause of inferior turbinate enlargement. Suspected cases need careful examination and evaluation using computed tomography (CT) scan of paranasal sinuses followed by a tailored management plan. Here, we are reporting three cases of inferior turbinate pneumatization including their clinical assessment and CT scan of paranasal sinuses along with their surgical management. The case series is followed by a literature review of this entity and its management. Cureus 2022-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9491683/ /pubmed/36159359 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29252 Text en Copyright © 2022, Aldilaijan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Aldilaijan, Khalid
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Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title_full Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title_fullStr Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title_full_unstemmed Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title_short Pneumatized Inferior Turbinate: A Report of Three Cases
title_sort pneumatized inferior turbinate: a report of three cases
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9491683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36159359
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29252
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