Isolated chronic maxillary sinusitis of non-dental origin does not correlate per se with ipsilateral intranasal structural abnormalities

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 474-476

  Kieff, David A ^a,b,c   Busaba, Nicolas Y ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concha bullosa; Correlation; Deviated septum; Haller cell; Maxillary sinus mucocele; Maxillary sinusitis; Paradoxical middle turbinate

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MUCOCELE; NOSE SEPTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUSITIS;

EID: 2942659212     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300611     Document Type: Review

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