Obstruction of the normal drainage patterns in the area of the osteomeatal complex is a major contributing factor in the pathogenesis of chronic sinusitis, a common disease which afflicts 35 to 40 ...
How reliable is a CT scan of the sinuses in a patient who does not respond to an initial extended course of antimicrobial treatment for sinusitis? — Lisa Gordon, PA-C, New Port Richey, Fla. There is ...
AAP updates acute bacterial sinusitis Tx guidelines The new recommendations include persistent illness, worsening cough and severe onset of symptoms as diagnostic criteria. HealthDay News — The ...
Retrospective single-surgeon interventional case series, including 196 consecutive patients undergoing 203 endonasal DCR, with clinical and radiological evidence of nasolacrimal duct or common ...
Diagnosis of chronic sinusitis may be extremely difficult because patients commonly have vague symptoms. Unless sinusitis is suspected as a possible cause of symptoms, it may go undiagnosed. As a ...
A sinus infection is inflammation of the sinuses, which are the air spaces around your nose, eyes, cheeks, and forehead. It is also called sinusitis. When the sinuses are inflamed, drainage is blocked ...