Department of Anatomy, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Anatomy, Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Jul;74(7):1287-1290. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.10644.
To compare the volume of sphenoid sinus with protrusions of optic nerve and internal carotid artery in both males and females.
The cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2020 to February 2021 at the Radiology Department of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, and comprised males and females aged 20-60 years having no sphenoid sinus bony abnormality. Sphenoid volume and optic nerve and internal carotid artery protrusions were examined in the computed tomography scans of the paranasal sinus. Based on the protrusions, the scan findings were split into four groups: Group 1 had no protrusion, Group 2 had optic nerve protrusion, Group 3 had internal carotid artery protrusion, and Group 4 had protrusions of both the optic nerve and the internal carotid artery. Data was analysed using GraphPad Prism 9.
Of the 300 subjects, 171(57%) were males and 129(43%) were females. The overall mean age was 39.27±10.9 years. There were 147(49%) subjects in group 4, followed by 72(24%) in group 3, 42(14%) in group 2 and 39(13%) in group 1. Statistically significant difference was observed between sphenoid volume across the study groups for both male and female subjects (p<0.001).
There was significant relationship between internal carotid artery and optic nerve protrusions and sphenoid volume.
比较男性和女性视神经和颈内动脉突入蝶窦的体积。
本横断面研究于 2020 年 10 月至 2021 年 2 月在卡拉奇道大学健康科学学院放射科进行，纳入年龄在 20-60 岁之间、无蝶窦骨异常的男性和女性。在鼻窦的计算机断层扫描中检查蝶窦体积和视神经及颈内动脉突入情况。根据突入程度，扫描结果分为四组：第 1 组无突入，第 2 组有视神经突入，第 3 组有颈内动脉突入，第 4 组有视神经和颈内动脉同时突入。使用 GraphPad Prism 9 分析数据。
在 300 名受试者中，171 名（57%）为男性，129 名（43%）为女性。总体平均年龄为 39.27±10.9 岁。第 4 组有 147 名（49%）受试者，其次是第 3 组 72 名（24%）、第 2 组 42 名（14%）和第 1 组 39 名（13%）。男性和女性受试者的蝶窦体积在各研究组之间存在显著差异（p<0.001）。
颈内动脉和视神经突入与蝶窦体积之间存在显著关系。
