Frontal sinus outflow tract
Last revised by Francis Deng on 1 Feb 2019
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St-Amant M, Deng F, Frontal sinus outflow tract. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 06 Aug 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-59589
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16 Apr 2018,
Maxime St-Amant ◉
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Francis Deng ◉
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Systems:
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Synonyms:
- Frontal outflow tract
- Frontonasal outflow tract
- Frontal drainage outflow tract
- Frontal sinus drainage pathway
The frontal sinus outflow tract, also known as the frontal sinus drainage pathway, are the structures through which mucus from the frontal sinus flow normally.
Terminology
Depending on the references, the term is used variably, including
- synonymously with frontal recess
- a combination of the frontal infundibulum superiorly, frontal ostium at its waist, and frontal recess at its lower half
- from the frontal ostium superiorly to the ethmoid infundibulum or middle meatus inferiorly 2
References
- 1. Huang BY, Lloyd KM, DelGaudio JM, Jablonowski E, Hudgins PA. Failed endoscopic sinus surgery: spectrum of CT findings in the frontal recess. (2009) Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 29 (1): 177-95. doi:10.1148/rg.291085118 - Pubmed
- 2. Daniels DL, Mafee MF, Smith MM, Smith TL, Naidich TP, Brown WD, Bolger WE, Mark LP, Ulmer JL, Hacein-Bey L, Strottmann JM. The frontal sinus drainage pathway and related structures. (2003) AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 24 (8): 1618-27. Pubmed
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Cases:
- Agger nasi air cell with frontal sinus disease
- Fronto-ethmoidal sinus mucocele
- Osteoma of the ethmoid air cell
- Frontoethmoidal mucocele
- Orbital roof blow-in fracture
- Concomitant orbital blow-in and blow-out fractures
- Frontal sinus osteoma
- Frontal mucocele and sinonasal polyposis
- Fronto-ethmoidal sinus mucocele
- Fronto-ethmoidal sinus mucocele
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