[Indications for surgical intervention in occult paranasal sinusitis in the child].

Sinus surgery, including antroscopy, is rarely indicated in children because radiological changes and their histological correlates often disappear spontaneously. In this paper we report the follow up of 17 children who underwent sinuscopy for an occult sinusitis with radiologic opacity of the maxillary sinuses. Even though considerable inflammatory reactions were seen normal x-rays were found in 68% one year after endoscopy.