title: [A clinical diagnosis and treatment of ethmoid bone gasification in company with infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore a rare anatomic malformation of ethmoid and its clinical features, as well as an effective way of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four cases from 2000-2009 of the first affiliated hospital of china medical university were studied according to the symptom,CT scanning, pathological examination and treatment process, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ethmoid bone gasification complicated with infection resulted in a rare anatomic and pathological disorder. The symptom and treatment were largely dependent on the size of gasification and degree of infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT Scanning plays a critical role in the diagnosis. In most case,a surgical treatment under endoscope is generally applied as a suitable way for clinical therapy. The regular reexamination is recommended for preventing recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Huiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xuejun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed