Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden 2333 CC, the Netherlands.
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden 2333 CC, the Netherlands.
Int J Paleopathol. 2024 Jun;45:30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2024.04.001. Epub 2024 Apr 20.
To assess the differences between endoscopic and radiological methods of analysis for diagnosing chronic maxillary sinusitis (CMS) in archaeological skeletal remains.
32 crania from a Dutch post-medieval rural population.
We assessed the presence of bone changes indicative of CMS (i.e., bone growth and bone resorption) both endoscopically and through computed tomography (CT), and then compared results.
We observed moderate agreement between bone growth scores obtained through endoscopy and CT, and fair agreement when assessing bone resorption.
CMS prevalence rates observed through CT may be comparable to rates assessed endoscopically, although caution is needed when making direct comparisons.
This is the first study comparing data obtained through endoscopy and radiological methods in the study of CMS, informing paleopathologists about potential biases in data comparison.
Our small sample size likely impacted results.
Further research is advised to fully explore the comparability of endoscopic and radiological method of analysis in the study of sinusitis.
The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available upon request.
评估内镜和放射学方法分析考古骨骼中慢性上颌窦炎（CMS）的差异。
来自荷兰后中世纪农村人群的 32 个头骨。
我们通过内镜和计算机断层扫描（CT）评估了提示 CMS 的骨变化（即骨生长和骨吸收）的存在，并比较了结果。
我们观察到内镜和 CT 获得的骨生长评分之间存在中度一致性，在评估骨吸收时存在一般一致性。
通过 CT 观察到的 CMS 患病率可能与内镜评估的患病率相当，但在进行直接比较时需要谨慎。
这是第一项在内窥镜和放射学方法研究 CMS 中比较数据的研究，为古病理学家了解数据比较中的潜在偏差提供了信息。
我们的小样本量可能影响了结果。
建议进一步研究以充分探索内镜和放射学方法分析在鼻窦炎研究中的可比性。
当前研究中生成和分析的数据集可应要求提供。
