title: Anatomic variation in pediatric chronic sinusitis: a CT study.
abstract: The diagnosis of pediatric chronic sinusitis is problematic in very young children who have several of the symptoms consistent with chronic sinusitis. This article addresses only the issues surrounding the imaging, and particularly computed tomographic scanning, of chronic sinusitis in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: St. Louis Children's Hospital, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lusk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el Fouley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed