title: Bilateral accessory inferior turbinates and secondary middle turbinates.
abstract: Bifid inferior nasal turbinates-two inferior turbinates with a single root observed in the nasal cavity-are an extremely rare anatomical variation, especially when they are observed bilaterally and exist with other variations. We report a case of bilateral bifid inferior nasal turbinates with bilateral secondary middle turbinates. We discuss the findings of this rare condition and suggest an appropriate term-accessory inferior turbinate-to replace bilateral inferior turbinate by reason of its embryology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 761-1 Sanggye 7-dong, Nowongu, Seoul 139-707, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Eun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Han Bee
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Woo Ho
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jae Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ji Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014420:Turbinates / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*