[Clinical analysis of solitary sphenoid sinus disease]

To explore the clinical characters and treatment on solitary sphenoidal sinus disease thus improve the initial diagnosis accuracy and curative rate together with avoiding severe complications.

Forty-six cases were included in the study. The clinical manifestations, medical imaging characteristics and type of pathology and surgical treatment efficacy were analyzed retrospectively.

The main symptoms were headache and visual lesion. Medical image showed pace occupying lesion and partial destruction of bone. Pathological exams showed 8 cases with sphenoiditis, 19 cases with fungal infection, 10 cases with cysts and 9 cases with polyposis. All the patients underwent open sphenoidal surgery with nasal endoscope. After a follow-up of over 6 months, most of the patients' symptoms had been obviously relieved. And the entrance to sphenoid was patent with smooth sinus wall and no secretion in sinus cavity.

There is no specificity with solitary sphenoidal sinus disease. Pre-operation diagnosis rate can be improved with the help of nasal endoscope and CT or MRI. Nasal sinus surgery with nasal endoscope may be the first choice for treatment.