Paradoxical middle turbinate

Case contributed by Prashant Gupta
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Recurrent nasal blockage

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Female

Note the outwards curvature of the right middle turbinate compared to a normal turbinate on left.

This finding needs mention in our reports as a paradoxical turbinate can narrow the ethmoid infundibulum and also cause lateral deviation of the uncinate proces

Case Discussion

The detection of a single anatomical variant itself does not establish the genesis of chronic rhinosinusitis except for paradoxical middle turbinate and infraorbital ethmoid cells

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