title: Prevalence of sinusitis signs in a non-ENT population.
abstract: Relatively little is known about the prevalence of sinusitis in a general population. Patients with suspected intracranial neurological disease can be considered as representative of the general population. On magnetic resonance imaging nearly 60% of the sinuses were affected. If the most common lesion (a maxillary polyp or cyst) was excluded, still 40% of the sinuses were affected. Above all the maxillary sinuses are involved with 40% abnormal images followed by the anterior ethmoidal sinuses with 14%. The other sinuses are less likely to be affected with 2.5% of the sphenoidal, 2% of the frontal and 1.5% of the posterior ethmoidal sinuses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, Free University Brussels (V.U.B.), Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gordts
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buisseret
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media