Sinusitis
Last revised by Tariq Walizai
on 3 Dec 2024
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Citation:
Hacking C, Walizai T, Sinusitis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 21 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-77312
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Last revised:
3 Dec 2024,
Tariq Walizai
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Systems:
Sinusitis is a broad and non-specific term referring to the inflammation within the paranasal sinuses. There are several forms which are specific entities based on aetiology and clinical features, and hence covered individually:
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- Superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis
- Osteoma
- Sinonasal disease
- Deviated nasal septum
- Adenoidal hypertrophy (adults)
- Skull (Caldwell view)
- IgG4-related orbital disease
Cases:
- Rhinolith
- Paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity - normal
- Cerebral atrophy
- Occipital spur
- Brown tumour
- Silent sinus syndrome
- Skull bone fracture mimic
- Frontal sinus osteoma
- Fourth branchial cleft cyst and fistula
- Subperiosteal abscess of the orbit
- Paranasal sinuses polyposis
- Acute frontal and maxillary sinusitis
- Orbital subperiosteal abscess
- Frontal sinus mucocele
- Central neurocytoma
- Orbital infection, optic neuritis and cavernous sinus thrombosis complicating a purulent sinusitis
- Ethmoid mucocele
- Sinonasal lymphoma
- Sinusitis
- Cerebral abscess
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- masses and neoplasms
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- fibrous-osseous lesions
- malignant
- inflammatory and infective conditions
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