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Science articlesEvaluation of the midface deformations in chronic maxillary sinus atelectasis
M. S. Zainchukovskii (1), (2)
(1) Federal State Budgetary Institution Higher Vocational Education “Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(2) State-Financed Health Institution Municipal General Hospital N 2, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-3-38-41
ABSTRACT
Chronic maxillary atelectasis is a clinical condition characterized by a gradual decrease in the volume of sinus due to hypoventilation, which causes the retraction of its walls and the development of deformations of the midface, enophthalmos and hypophthalmos. Endoscopic rhinosurgery is indicated in atelectasis of maxillary sinus, regardless its stage. The article provides a literature review and 36 cases of the author’s observations of maxillary atelectasis. The article considers clinical and radiological symptoms of various stages of the disease, discussing the issues of diagnostics of chronic atelectasis.
Publication date:
31.05.2018
Keywords:
facial asymmetry, chronic maxillary sinusitis, silent sinus syndrome, maxillary atelectasis. For citation:
Zainchukovskii M. S. Evaluation of the midface deformations in chronic maxillary sinus atelectasis. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2018;3:38–41. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-3-38-41