Hypoplastic Maxillary Sinus And The Orbital Floor

The hypoplastic maxillary sinus and the orbital floor.

Hypoplastic maxillary sinus and the orbital floor.

Hypoplastic maxillary sinus is a relatively rare clinical problem that has a variable presentation. We included 76 patients who had a hypoplastic maxillary sinus at least on one side and 76 patients with normal maxillary sinuses control group. Is characterized by bone resorption and remodeling of the orbital floor. The hypoplastic maxillary sinus and the orbital floor.

The purpose of this article is to review the recent literature with regard to evaluation and treatment. To assess the localization of orbit we measured the distances from middle meatal antrostomy point to medial border of orbital medial wall and to the lower border of orbital floor in all patients. The purpose of this article is to review the recent literature with regard to evaluation and treatment. Most authors suggest that hypoplastic maxillary sinus results from the development of negative pressure resulting from an obstruction of maxillary sinus.

A current trend is to perform endoscopic maxillary antrostomy and orbital floor reconstruction as a single staged operation. Maxillary sinus hypoplasia is classified in this series as grade i mild hypoplasia with limited inferolateral expansion 4 cases and grade ii in which there is also a curved orbital floor and. Endoscopic medial maxillary antrostomy and performance of a biopsy was recommended to allow aeration of the maxillary sinus obtain specimens for cultures and exclude. This showed an opacified hypoplastic left maxillary sinus and lateral bowing of the medial maxillary wall.

This syndrome affects individuals at approximately the fourth decade of life average age 36 years. Lamina papyracea showed a significant medial localization in the maxillary hypoplasia group as compared to the control group p 0 001. Hypoplastic maxillary sinus is a relatively rare clinical problem that has a variable presentation. Enophthalmos in a patient with an opacified hypoplastic maxillary sinus without sinus symptomatology describes the silent sinus syndrome.

The floor of the left orbit was bowed slightly inferiorly fig. Although this entity has been previously reported an association between maxillary sinus hypoplasia and anomalies of other paranasal sinus structures such as the uncinate process has n. Maxillary sinus hypoplasia is an anomaly of the paranasal sinuses occasionally encountered by otolaryngologists.