Koppe Thomas, Röhrer-Ertl Olav, Breier Silvana, Wallner Claus-Peter
Institut für Anatomie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Friedrich-Loeffler-Strasse 23, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Primates. 2006 Apr;47(2):140-4. doi: 10.1007/s10329-005-0153-9. Epub 2005 Aug 10.
In a mixed sex sample of ten adult gibbon (Hylobates moloch) skulls, one cranium of a male with maxillary sinus atelectasis of the left side was identified. While external inspection revealed a slight drop of the left orbital floor, serial coronal computer tomography (CT) scans show characteristic changes of the left maxillary sinus and its surrounding structures. In addition to the sunken orbital floor, radiological features of the specimen include an inward bowing of the medial sinus wall, sinus opacification, and a reduction in maxillary sinus size to a slit-like cavity, which suggest a diagnosis of silent sinus syndrome. This report is the first, to our knowledge, of maxillary sinus atelectasis in a non-human primate. This finding is valuable for the understanding of the pathogenesis and etiology of maxillary sinus atelectasis. At the same time, however, paleoanthropologists and primatologists may refer to this information when dealing with the interpretation of maxillary sinus pneumatization of partially broken archaeological and fossil skulls.
在一个包含10个成年长臂猿（白掌长臂猿）头骨的混合性别样本中，发现了一个左侧上颌窦肺不张的雄性头骨。外部检查显示左侧眶底略有下降，而连续冠状计算机断层扫描（CT）显示左侧上颌窦及其周围结构有特征性变化。除了眶底凹陷外，该标本的放射学特征还包括鼻窦内侧壁向内弯曲、鼻窦混浊以及上颌窦大小缩小至裂隙状腔隙，这些提示诊断为寂静性鼻窦综合征。据我们所知，本报告是首次报道非人类灵长类动物的上颌窦肺不张。这一发现对于理解上颌窦肺不张的发病机制和病因具有重要价值。然而，与此同时，古人类学家和灵长类动物学家在处理部分破碎的考古和化石头骨的上颌窦气化解释时，可能会参考这一信息。
