Talwade Priyanka, Deshpande Prasannasrinivas S, Pene Shailesh, Kumar Shruti, Kudagi Vishal, Limaye Mrinal
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, JSS Dental College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2023 Mar-Apr;16(2):292-294. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2528.
The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of incidental paranasal sinus pathologies in children on computed tomography (CT) scans.
A nonrandomized retrospective study was done on CT scans of 232 pediatric patients taken in the past 6 months duration. These scans were evaluated in different age groups from 0-13 years who had visited or were admitted to the hospital for various other head and neck-related problems. Each scan was examined for incidental pathologic findings in all the paranasal sinuses. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact test to determine non-random associations between variables.
A total of 232 subjects were examined, amongst which 72 (31.03%) had incidental sinus pathologies. Multiple sinus pathologies were found in 36 subjects, 28 had single sinus involvement, and four showed no development of frontal sinus at the age of 11 years. Four subjects had pathology in multiple sinuses as well as no development of frontal sinus at the age of 6-7 years age range.
Sinus pathologies are not unusual in the asymptomatic children population, and the incidence is almost equivalent to that of the adult population. Early identification can aid in diagnosing orofacial pain of unknown origin and also if children are susceptible to upper respiratory tract infections and their secondary effects like sleep apnea, mouth breathers, etc.
Talwade P, Deshpande PS, Pene S, Incidental Paranasal Sinus Findings on Computed Tomography Images of Pediatric Patients: A Cross-sectional Prevalence Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2023;16(2):292-294.
本研究旨在评估儿童计算机断层扫描（CT）中鼻窦 incidental 病变的患病率。
对过去6个月内232例儿科患者的CT扫描进行了非随机回顾性研究。这些扫描针对0至13岁因各种其他头颈部相关问题就诊或住院的不同年龄组进行评估。对每张扫描的所有鼻窦进行 incidental 病理发现检查。使用描述性统计和费舍尔精确检验分析数据，以确定变量之间的非随机关联。
共检查了232名受试者，其中72名（31.03%）有鼻窦 incidental 病变。36名受试者发现有多个鼻窦病变，28名有单个鼻窦受累，4名在11岁时额窦未发育。4名受试者在6至7岁时多个鼻窦有病变且额窦未发育。
鼻窦病变在无症状儿童人群中并不罕见，发病率几乎与成人相当。早期识别有助于诊断不明原因的口面部疼痛，以及儿童是否易患呼吸道感染及其继发影响，如睡眠呼吸暂停、口呼吸等。
Talwade P, Deshpande PS, Pene S, 儿童患者计算机断层扫描图像上的鼻窦 incidental 发现：一项横断面患病率研究。《国际临床儿科牙科学杂志》2023；16(2):292 - 294。
