title: Imaging of sinusitis in children.
abstract: In most cases, sinusitis remains a clinical diagnosis. Imaging studies can be useful in diagnosing patients with atypical presentations, but plain radiographs lack sensitivity and specificity, and coronal sinus CT lacks specificity. Coronal sinus CT is generally used when complications of sinusitis are suspected or when sinus surgery is considered.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, MO, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kronemer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed