title: The medical and surgical approach in management of the unilateral opacified antrum.
abstract: The approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient with the unilateral opacified maxillary antrum presents a challenging problem. A total of 55 patients have been completely followed over a six-year period. Medical management, immediate, and delayed surgical intervention are discussed over a broad array of cases. Approximately one-half of those cases not requiring immediate surgical intervention recovered on medical management alone. The requirements for eventual surgical intervention and the results are discussed in the remaining cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray