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Oğuzhan Dikici1, Hafize Gökben Ulutaş2
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology.
Objectives:
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nasal septal deviation and paranasal abnormalities in the etiology of primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO).
Methods:
A total of 37 (8 men, 29 women) patients (48 eyes with PANDO) between the ages 20 and 77 years (mean age, 52.8 ± 13.1 years) were included in the study. In the axial sections of paranasal sinus computed tomography, the transverse diameters at the most upper part and the most distal part of the nasolacrimal canal were separately measured. In addition, the relationships between PANDO and nasal septal deviation, inferior turbinate hypertrophy, agger nasi cells, paradoxical middle turbinate, concha bullosa, and the angle between the bony inferior turbinate and medial wall of the maxillary sinus were investigated.
Results:
A statistically significant relationship was found between PANDO and the axial location of septal deviation classification, axial angle of septal deviation classification, paradoxical middle turbinate, angle between the bony inferior turbinate and medial wall of the maxillary sinus and inferior meatus measure.
Conclusion:
The authors concluded that the location and angle of the nasal septal deviation in the axial plane, width of the angle between the bony inferior turbinate and medial wall of the maxillary sinus, inferior meatus measure, and paradoxical middle turbinate may be effective factors in the etiology of PANDO.
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