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Symptom Assessment of Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Using an Allergen Exposure Chamber
Published on: March 3, 2023
Maxillary Sinus Aeration in Allergic Rhinitis
Mustafa Kaymakci1, Fuat Erel, Erdogan Bulbul
1Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, Allergy, and Radiology, Balikesir University Faculty of Medicine, Balikesir; and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eskisehir Yunus Emre Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Objective:
We aimed to investigate the relationship between allergic rhinitis, which is an important reason of nasal obstruction, and maxillary sinus aeration.
Patients And Methods:
Three hundred fifteen patients who have a complaint of nasal obstruction and scheduled to undergo skin prick test (SPT) with a suspicion of allergic rhinitis (AR) were enrolled for this study. Thirty-two patients with positive SPT result and 30 patients with a negative SPT result were determined as group 1 and 2 (control group), respectively. A 3-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography images of the 62 patients was used to assess and calculate maxillary sinus volumes (MSVs).
Results:
Total maxillary sinus volumes were measured as 21.87 cm(3) and 30.15 cm(3) in group 1 and group 2, respectively. A statistically significant difference was observed between the MSVs of the groups (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Total maxillary sinus volumes were found to be significantly smaller for patients with a positive SPT compared to patients with a negative SPT. Thus, we may conclude that AR has a negative impact on maxillary sinus aeration.
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