Güven Damla Güçlü, Yilmaz Süleyman, Ulus Sila, Subaşi Buğra
Otorhinolaryngology Department, Duzce University Medical Faculty, Duzce, Turkey.
J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Sep;21(5):1431-3. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181ecc2d9.
To report the case of a woman who had combined aplasia of sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses accompanied by ethmoid sinus hypoplasia.
A 47-year-old woman presented with complaints of headache, nasal obstruction, and postnasal drainage. She had no previous history of either facial trauma or systemic diseases affecting the skeletal system. She had a history of functional endoscopic sinus surgery twice in an other institution. However, the surgeries did not significantly alter her symptoms. Coronal and axial computed tomographic scans of the nose and the paranasal sinuses showed poorly developed frontal, sphenoid sinuses, ethmoid cells, and very severe and profound hypoplasia (aplasia) of bilateral maxillary sinuses.
To our knowledge, this patient seems to be the first case having combined aplasias of the sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses with hypoplastic ethmoid cells without any systemic or skeletal disease.
报告一例蝶窦、额窦和上颌窦联合发育不全并伴有筛窦发育不全的女性病例。
一名47岁女性，主诉头痛、鼻塞和鼻后滴漏。她既往无面部外伤史，也无影响骨骼系统的全身性疾病史。她曾在其他机构接受过两次功能性鼻内镜鼻窦手术。然而，手术并未显著改善她的症状。鼻和鼻窦的冠状位及轴位计算机断层扫描显示，额窦、蝶窦、筛窦发育不良，双侧上颌窦非常严重且极度发育不全（未发育）。
据我们所知，该患者似乎是首例蝶窦、额窦和上颌窦联合发育不全且筛窦发育不全，而无任何全身性或骨骼疾病的病例。
