title: Acute sinusitis in childhood.
abstract: Acute inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses is not a common condition of childhood. A thorough understanding of the anatomic, radiologic and etiologic factors is necessary in order for the clinician to make the appropriate diagnosis and initiate the indicated therapy. It is not unusual for patients to present with the complications of sinusitis as their initial complaint. The increased use of chemotherapeutic agents has led to a new type of offending sinusitis in the pediatric population. Fungal invasion in immune deficiency states is now becoming a perplexing entity. Acute inflammation of the paranasal sinuses may well become a more challenging clinical problem in pediatrics than it has ever been in the past.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009181:Mycoses; D011859:Radiography; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents