A massive superior concha bullosa: case report and literature review

ALPER F., KARASEN R., Kantarci M.

RHINOLOGY, cilt.42, sa.1, ss.38-40, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Dergi Adı: RHINOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38-40
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The superior turbinate was the most neglected of the turbinates in the past. With the advent of junctional endoscopic sinus surgery and coronal computed tomography imaging, considerable attention has been concentrated exclusively on the lateral nasal wall anatomy, including the hidden turbinate, whose symptomatic concha bullosa is extremely rare. Only a very few cases have been reported to date. This seemingly interesting as well as rare case report is concerned with unilateral hyperpneumatization of the superior turbinate, which contacts the septum and leads to headache, associated with bilateral massive concha bullosa of the middle turbinate.