Volume : 6, Issue : 5, May - 2017

ROLE OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING IN EVALUATION OF PATHOLOGICAL LESIONS AND NORMAL VARIANTS OF PARANASAL SINUSES.

Dr. Pratik R. Tailor, Dr. Mona D. Shastri

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Wingdings 2&quot;;">—<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp; </span></span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Background:</span></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> fourty six patients who were suspected for the paranasal sinus pathologies were taken for this study. Its evaluation and&nbsp; early diagnosis help patients for the further plan of treatment.<b> Aim:</b> the aim of this study is t<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">o evaluate the role of computed tomography in paranasal sinus pathologies for pre-operative characterization based on location, extent, morphological characteristics and enhancement pattern. </span><b>Methods and material:</b> <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The study were conducted on 46 patients with complaints related to paranasal sinus who were referred to the department of radio-diagnosis, tertiary care hospital during the period one year. </span><b>Results: </b>various paranasal sinus pathologies ranging from the benign to malignant one were observed which were inflammatory polyp to carcinoma <b>Conclusions:</b>&nbsp; </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computed tomography is superior in diagnosis over the clinical diagnosis of symptomatic patients and planning of management in paranasal sinus diseases.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;&#10;tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;mso-hansi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>