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Abnormalities of the paranasal sinuses in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a computed tomographic study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. J. Porter ,
H. S. Cheung ,
R. Ambrose ,
S. F. Leung  and
C. A. van Hasselt
M. J. Porter
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
H. S. Cheung
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
R. Ambrose
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
S. F. Leung
Affiliation:
The Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
C. A. van Hasselt*
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
*
Address for correspondence: C. A. van Hasselt, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Otorhinolaryngology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Fax: (852) 26466312
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Abstract

A retrospective study of computed tomography scans of the paranasal sinuses of 131 control subjects in Hong Kong revealed minor mucosal abnormalities in more than half of the ethmoid sinuses. Major abnormalities were present in seven per cent of maxillary, five per cent of anterior ethmoid and four per cent of posterior ethmoid sinus. In 85 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma the prevalence of minor mucosal abnormalities in the sinuses was similar to that of the control group but major mucosal abnormalities were significantly more common in the anterior and posterior ethmoids at 15 per cent and 21 per cent of the respective sinuses (p<0.001).

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal neoplasmscarcinomaTomographyX-ray computedParanasal sinuses

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 23 - 26
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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