title: [Pneumatization (concha bullosa) of the inferior turbinate: cas report and literature review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report a case of concha bullosa of the inferior turbinate.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 58 year-old man, consulted for a per annual bilateral nasal obstruction with normal endoscopic examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CT scan (sagittal and axial sections) of the face had shown a concha bullosa of the inferior turbinate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The concha bullosa of inferior turbinate is uncommon entity and may be to reconnize after chronic nasal or sinusal dysfunction. The concha bullosa can be united or bilateral, isolated or combined with other turbinates anomalies. This unusual pathology deserves to be reported. We found 25 cases published in the literature. A discussion around this entity is made after reporting this observation.
authors.affiliation: s_kharoubi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kharoubi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging