Giourgos Georgios, Matti Elina, Carena Paolo, Pagella Fabio
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, and the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Ear Nose Throat J. 2010 Nov;89(11):E10-1. doi: 10.1177/014556131008901103.
Anatomic variations of the sinonasal bony framework in the pediatric population are quite common. In children with such variations, however, bony pneumatization is uncommon. Moreover, pneumatization of the inferior turbinate in children is extremely rare; to the best of our knowledge, only 3 cases have been previously reported in the literature-none of which involved additional pneumatization variations of the sinonasal skeleton. Herein we present a new pediatric case that was unique in that an inferior concha bullosa coexisted with rarely seen pneumatized anatomic structures.
小儿鼻窦骨框架的解剖变异相当常见。然而，在有此类变异的儿童中，骨质气化并不常见。此外，儿童下鼻甲气化极为罕见；据我们所知，此前文献中仅报道过3例，均未涉及鼻窦骨骼的其他气化变异。在此，我们报告1例新的小儿病例，其独特之处在于下鼻甲泡状鼻甲与罕见的气化解剖结构并存。
