title: [Magnetic resonance tomography in the diagnosis of paranasal sinusitis].
abstract: The potentialities of a new method--magnetic resonance tomography (MRT)--as applied to the diagnosis of paranasal sinusitis are discussed. The method permits detection of inflammation in the paranasal sinuses identified as a significant enhancement of a signal in the projection of the affected sinus. This paper presents two cases: patients with rhinosinusogenic cerebral arachnoiditis and arachnoencephalitis in whom paranasal pathologies which had no clinical manifestations were diagnosed by MRT. This helped to choose adequate therapy. In contrast to X-ray methods, MRT causes no unnecessary irradiation which allows repeated examinations.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Blagoveshchenskaia
authors.forename: N Z
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Mukhamedzhanov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Tumanova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Turkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000209:etiology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015524:Sphenoid Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Magnitno-rezonansnaia tomografiia v diagnostike paranazal'nykh sinusitov.