[Imaging in inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses].
The goals of imaging in inflammatory disease of the paranasal sinuses are confirmation of the diagnosis, evaluation of the extent of the disease, and description of the different anatomic variants in order to select the patients who would benefit from surgical treatment of paranasal sinus disease. The most common inflammatory changes of the paranasal sinuses, the complications of inflammatory disease, and the optimal imaging strategy are presented.
Mack
M G
MG
Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt. martinmack@arcor.de
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Bisdas
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Baghi
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Vogl
T J
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*