title: The relationship between frontal sinus drainage and osteomeatal complex disease: a CT study in 217 patients.
abstract: Over a period of 2 years we reviewed the CT scans of 217 patients with recurrent sinusitis. Our findings revealed a number of cases of osteomeatal complex disease with no frontal sinus involvement. This result is difficult to reconcile with the concept of a common drainage in the middle meatus shared by the frontal and anterior ethmoid sinuses. We conclude that the frontal sinus drains separately from the other paranasal sinuses in a large percentage of cases, and that the frontal sinus is frequently spared when there is ethmoid or maxillary sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cowles
mesh_terms: D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed