San Turhan, San Selma, Gürkan Emre, Erdoğan Barış
ENT Department, Medeniyet University Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Anesthesia and Reanimation Department, Haseki Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2014;2014:851508. doi: 10.1155/2014/851508. Epub 2014 Nov 30.
Pneumatization of the intranasal turbinates or concha bullosa is an anatomic variation of the lateral nasal wall. Concha bullosa is defined as the presence of air cells in turbinates. It can be best diagnosed with paranasal sinus computed tomography. Concha bullosa is a possible etiologic factor for recurrent sinusitis due to its negative effect on paranasal sinus ventilation and mucociliary clearance. Concha bullosa is most commonly seen in the middle turbinate and less frequently in the inferior or superior turbinate. Pneumatization of all turbinates is very rare. To our knowledge, there are only two publications about a case with concha bullosa in all turbinates in the current literature. Here, we present a woman with bilateral pneumatization in all three intranasal turbinates.
鼻甲骨气化或泡状鼻甲是鼻腔外侧壁的一种解剖变异。泡状鼻甲定义为鼻甲内存在气房。鼻窦计算机断层扫描是诊断泡状鼻甲的最佳方法。泡状鼻甲因其对鼻窦通气和黏液纤毛清除功能的负面影响，可能是复发性鼻窦炎的病因之一。泡状鼻甲最常见于中鼻甲，较少见于下鼻甲或上鼻甲。所有鼻甲均气化的情况非常罕见。据我们所知，目前文献中仅有两篇关于所有鼻甲均出现泡状鼻甲病例的报道。在此，我们报告一例双侧三个鼻甲骨均出现气化的女性患者。
