AJR Women's Imaging Online
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rak, K. M.
Right arrow Articles by Luethke, J. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rak, K. M.
Right arrow Articles by Luethke, J. M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 156, 381-384, Copyright © 1991 by American Roentgen Ray Society

ARTICLES

Paranasal sinuses on MR images of the brain: significance of mucosal thickening

KM Rak, JD Newell 2d, WF Yakes, MA Damiano and JM Luethke
Department of Radiology, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO 80045-5001.

One hundred twenty-eight patients were examined prospectively to determine the significance of mucosal thickening seen in the paranasal sinuses during routine MR imaging of the brain. On the basis of responses to a questionnaire, each patient was categorized as symptomatic (n = 60) or asymptomatic (n = 68) for paranasal sinus disease. Patients were categorized further on the basis of the maximal mucosal thickening seen by MR in any paranasal sinus. A modified t test was used to compare the prevalence of various degrees of mucosal thickening between symptomatic and asymptomatic groups. Statistically significant differences between the groups were seen only in those patients with normal sinuses and in those with 4 mm or more of mucosal thickening. We conclude that mucosal thickening of up to 3 mm is common and lacks clinical significance in asymptomatic patients. An ancillary finding is that 1- to 2-mm areas of mucosal thickening in the ethmoidal sinuses occur in 63% of asymptomatic patients. This minimal mucosal thickening in the ethmoidal sinuses is thought to be a normal variant, possibly a function of the physiologic nasal cycle.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 ImagingHome page
S E J Connor, S Hussain, and E K-F Woo
Sinonasal imaging
Imaging, March 1, 2007; 19(1): 39 - 54.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck SurgHome page
Y. Anzai, E. A. Weymuller Jr, B. Yueh, N. Maronian, and J. G. Jarvik
The Impact of Sinus Computed Tomography on Treatment Decisions for Chronic Sinusitis
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, April 1, 2004; 130(4): 423 - 428.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck SurgHome page
T. Puhakka, T. Heikkinen, M. J. Makela, A. Alanen, T. Kallio, L. Korsoff, J. Suonpaa, and O. Ruuskanen
Validity of Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Acute Maxillary Sinusitis
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, December 1, 2000; 126(12): 1482 - 1486.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 NEJMHome page
J. Hourihane, M. S. Trimble, J. A. Axelson, D. M. Pelz, J. M. Gwaltney, C. D. Phillips, D. K. Riker, and E. W. Campion
CT Scans and the Common Cold?
N. Engl. J. Med., June 23, 1994; 330(25): 1826 - 1827.
[Full Text]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1991 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.