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- Title
Prevalence of the anatomical variations of concha bullosa and its relation with sinusitis among Saudi population: a computed tomography scan study.
- Authors
Nasr El-Din, Wael Amin; Madani, Gisma Ahmed; Abdel Fattah, Islam Omar; Mahmoud, Esmat; Essawy, Asmaa S.
- Abstract
Concha bullosa (CB) is a pneumatic cavitation inside a concha in the nasal cavity. It is one of the most widely recognized nasal variations and is mostly found in the middle concha. CB is divided according to its site into three types; lamellar, bulbous and extensive. The goal of our study was to estimate the prevalence of CB among Saudi adult population and its association with sinusitis by using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). This was a retrospective study carried out over a three-year period on 879 adult Saudi patients aged 18 years or older, referred for MDCT assessment of paranasal sinuses. Males were 540 and females were 339. Patients with facial congenital anomalies or nasal trauma were excluded from our study. CB was prevalent in both males and females among Saudi population (55.4%, 55.7%) respectively. Bilateral CB (55.5%) was more frequent than unilateral (44.5%). Extensive CB (44.0%) was the most frequent type. Sinusitis was associated more in patients with CB (48.0%) versus those who have no CB (5.9%). In conclusion, CB was prevalent among Saudi population and the most frequently recorded is the extensive type. Furthermore, the most common type associated with sinusitis was extensive CB (49.6%).
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; OLDER patients; ANATOMICAL variation; SINUSITIS; MULTIDETECTOR computed tomography; ADULTS
- Publication
Anatomy & Cell Biology, 2021, Vol 54, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
2093-3665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5115/acb.20.247