title: [Clinical significance of CT examination in 197 cases of sinusitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the characteristic of chronic paranasal sinusitis CT scans and discuss the relationship between the anatomic variations in ostiomeatal complex (OMC) and the incidence of chronic sinusitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and ninety-seven cases diagnosis as sinusitis were selected and analyzed,whose age ranged between 4 and 74 years old. Several common anatomical abnormalities in ostiomeatal complex were evaluated through the observation of the coronal and axial plane CT scans of the paranasal sinusitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of anatomic variations in OMC concentrated in the age between 11-20. The incidence of chronic sinusitis also concentrated in the age between 11-20. Deviation of nasal septum, uncinate variations, inferior-turbinate hypertrophy were observed between the chronic sinusitis group and the none chronic sinusitis group,the correlation between deviation of nasal septum, uncinate variations, inferior-turbinate hypertrophy and chronic sinusitis were significant (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of OMC variation is common. The anatomic variations may be one of the causes of chronic paranasal sinusitis, especially deviation of nasal septum, uncinate variations and inferior-turbinate hypertrophy. If these abnormalities were altered,it will have a great significance for the preservation and treatment of chronic paranasal sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430060, China. entdoct@sina.com
authors.forename: Yonggang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Jianfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Leihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zezhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Yuqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D055815:Young Adult