title: The diagnosis and follow-up of pediatric sinusitis: Water's view radiography versus ultrasonography.
abstract: Water's view plain film radiography was compared with ultrasonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of acute maxillary sinusitis in 85 children (170 sinuses). At the first visit, the concordance of the two modalities was 91%, but 20 days later, when the symptoms and signs had disappeared, it was only 76%. At the latter date, the concordance between radiography and clinical findings was 71% and between sonography and clinical findings, 93%. The two modalities studied appear to be equally useful in the initial diagnosis of acute maxillary sinusitis. The loss of back-wall echo correlates well with symptomatic improvement of acute sinusitis. Sonography is also nonionizing and inexpensive, and the examination is simple to repeat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Revonta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kuuliala
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*