title: Empyema of a concha bullosa in a child with cystic fibrosis (case report).
abstract: An empyema of a concha bullosa or a middle turbinate pyocoele caused unilateral complete chronic nasal obstruction in an 8 year old girl affected by cystic fibrosis and was successfully operated. The possible pathogenetic mechanisms involved are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, University of Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jorissen
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Boeck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemahieu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ostyn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D004653:Empyema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology