A study on the association between the inferior nasal turbinate volume and the maxillary sinus mucosal lining using cone beam tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The volume of the inferior turbinates (IT) and the lining of the maxillary sinuses are important parameters when assessing sino-nasal diseases. However, no radiographic studies have investigated the correlation between these parameters. The present study was conducted to analyze the association between IT volumes and thickness of maxillary sinus mucosal lining.

Materials and methods

A retrospective evaluation of the cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of 100 adult subjects was carried out by two radiologists. The scans were assigned to two groups (Group 1 & 2) based on the radiographic evidence of maxillary sinus lining in the CBCT scans. Group 1 consisted of 50 CBCT scans of subjects with no evidence of maxillary sinus mucosal lining, whereas Group 2 consi

SUBMITTER: Shetty SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968633 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature