[Sinusitis of the middle turbinate. Descriptive study and treatment]

The middle turbinate inflammatory disease is a well a clinical as a radiological reality which is often unknown because of the rich sinusal surrounding diseases. This pathology represents less than 2% of the total sinusal pathologies we meet daily, and it always occurs on a concha bullosa: the middle turbinate becomes a real sinusal cavity with its own diseases. The new methods of diagnosis, nasal endoscopy and CT scanning, let identifie this turbinal own pathology better than ever. The authors emphasize a surgical treatment.