Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Acute Sinusitis in Adults and Children: Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging

Part of the book series: Evidence-Based Imaging ((Evidence-Based Imag.))

  • 1167 Accesses

Abstract

Sinusitis is diagnosed and managed based on clinical grounds and imaging is not indicated for initial diagnosis of uncomplicated sinusitis. CT remains the primary imaging study of choice for patients with acute and chronic sinusitis. CT is indicated when patients do not respond to medical management as patients may have a structural abnormality or obstructive lesion. Imaging is also indicated in patients who are suspected of having sinusitis related to orbital and intracranial complications, to immunocompromised state, or for pre-operative surgical planning.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Lanza DC, Kennedy DW. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997;117(3 Pt 2):S1–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Kennedy DW. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;103(5 (Pt 2)):884–6.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Brook I. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011;8(1):90–100.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Fletcher MA, Fritzell B. Vaccine. 2007;25(13):2507–12.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Brook I. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2007;71(11):1653–61.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Blackwell DL, Lucas JW, Clarke TC. Summary health statistics for U.S. adults: national health interview survey, 2012. Vital Health Stat Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey. 2014(260):1–161.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Shapiro DJ, Gonzales R, Cabana MD, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;127(1):28–34.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Senior BA, Kennedy DW, Tanabodee J, et al. Laryngoscope. 1998;108(2):151–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Ioannidis JP, Lau J. Pediatrics. 2001;108(3):E57.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Clement PA, Bluestone CD, Gordts F, et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1999;49(Suppl 1):S95–100.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Garbutt JM, Goldstein M, Gellman E, et al. Pediatrics. 2001;107(4):619–25.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. American Academy of Pediatrics. Subcommittee on Management of S, Committee on Quality I. Pediatrics. 2001;108(3):798–808.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Wald ER, Applegate KE, Bordley C, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;132(1):e262–80.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Collins JG. Prevalence of selected chronic conditions: United States, 1990–1992. Vital Health Stat Series 10, Data from the National Health Survey. 1997(194):1–89.

    Google Scholar 

  15. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Summary Tables. 2009.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Bhattacharyya N. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2011;120(7):423–7.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Ray NF, Baraniuk JN, Thamer M, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1999;103(3 Pt 1):408–14.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Smith SS, Kern RC, Chandra RK, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013;148(5):852–9.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  19. Lau J, Zucker D, Engels EA, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. Evid Rep Technol Assess. 1999(9):1–5. AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Caulley L, Thavorn K, Rudmik L, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015;136(6):1517–22.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Brooks I, Gooch WM 3rd, Jenkins SG, et al. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 2000;182:2–1920.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Smith SS, Evans CT, Tan BK, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013;132(5):1230–2.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. McAlister WH, Parker BR, Kushner DC, et al. Radiology. 2000;215(Suppl):811–8.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Cornelius RS, Martin J, Wippold FJ 2nd, et al. J Am Coll Radiol. 2013;10(4):241–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Nash D, Wald E. Pediatr Rev. 2001;22(4):111–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Rosenfeld RM, Andes D, Bhattacharyya N, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;137(3 Suppl):S1–31.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Rosenfeld RM, Piccirillo JF, Chandrasekhar SS, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;152(4):598–609.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Wald ER. Am J Med Sci. 1998;316(1):13–20.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  29. Thanasumpun T, Batra PS. Am J Otolaryngol. 2015;36(5):686–91.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  30. Reider JM, Nashelsky J, Neher J. J Fam Pract. 2003;52(7):565–7.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Kronemer KA, McAlister WH. Pediatr Radiol. 1997;27(11):837–46.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Howe L, Jones NS. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 2004;29(6):725–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Diament MJ. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1992;90(3 Pt 2):442–4.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  34. Dessi P, Champsaur P, Paris J, et al. Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol. 1999;120(3):173–6.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Eufinger H, Machtens E. J Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surg. 2001;29(2):111–7.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Eustis HS, Mafee MF, Walton C, et al. Radiol Clin N Am. 1998;36(6):1165–83. xi

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  37. Mafee MF, Tran BH, Chapa AR. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2006;30(3):165–86.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  38. Wald ER, Chiponis D, Ledesma-Medina J. Pediatrics. 1986;77(6):795–800.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  39. Gordts F, Halewyck S, Pierard D, et al. J Laryngol Otol. 2000;114(3):184–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  40. Williams JW Jr, Simel DL, Roberts L, et al. Ann Intern Med. 1992;117(9):705–10.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  41. Revonta M, Blokmanis A. Can Fam Physician. 1994;40:1969–72, 75–6.

    Google Scholar 

  42. van Buchem FL, Knottnerus JA, Schrijnemaekers VJ, et al. Lancet. 1997;349(9053):683–7.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  43. Laine K, Maatta T, Varonen H, et al. Rhinology. 1998;36(1):2–6.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  44. Engels EA, Terrin N, Barza M, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2000;53(8):852–62.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  45. Varonen H, Makela M, Savolainen S, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2000;53(9):940–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  46. Berg O, Carenfelt C. Acta Otolaryngol. 1988;105(3-4):343–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  47. Berg O, Carenfelt C. Laryngoscope. 1985;95(7 Pt 1):851–3.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  48. Savolainen S, Pietola M, Kiukaanniemi H, et al. Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1997;529:148–52.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  49. Varonen H, Savolainen S, Kunnamo I, et al. Rhinology. 2003;41(1):37–43.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  50. Som PM. Neuroradiology. 1985;27(3):189–201.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  51. Aalokken TM, Hagtvedt T, Dalen I, et al. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2003;32(1):60–2.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  52. Konen E, Faibel M, Kleinbaum Y, et al. Clin Radiol. 2000;55(11):856–60.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  53. Mendes Neto JA, Guerreiro VM, Hirai ER, et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2012;78(4):35–41.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  54. Glasier CM, Ascher DP, Williams KD. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1986;7(5):861–4.

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  55. Gwaltney JM Jr, Phillips CD, Miller RD, et al. N Engl J Med. 1994;330(1):25–30.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  56. Berg O, Bergstedt H, Carenfelt C, et al. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1981;90(3 Pt 1):272–5.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  57. April MM, Zinreich SJ, Baroody FM, et al. Laryngoscope. 1993;103(9):985–90.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  58. Vazquez E, Creixell S, Carreno JC, et al. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2004;33(3):127–45.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  59. Kennedy DW, Senior BA. Otolaryngol Clin N Am. 1997;30(3):313–30.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  60. Jiannetto DF, Pratt MF. Laryngoscope. 1995;105(9 Pt 1):924–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  61. Rosenfeld RM, Piccirillo JF, Chandrasekhar SS, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;152(2 Suppl):S1–S39.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  62. Ali A, Kurien M, Mathews SS, et al. Singap Med J. 2005;46(10):540–4.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  63. Thompson AM, Couch M, Zahurak ML, et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2002;29(3):257–61.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  64. Grundmann T, Weerda H. Laryngorhinootologie. 1997;76(9):534–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  65. Larson TL. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1999;20(6):379–90.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  66. Clary RA, Cunningham MJ, Eavey RD. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1992;101(7):598–600.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  67. Reid JR. Pediatr Radiol. 2004;34(12):933–42.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  68. Unlu HH, Aslan A, Goktan C, et al. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2002;29(1):69–71.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  69. Nawashiro H, Shimizu A, Shima K, et al. Neurol Med Chir. 1996;36(11):808–11.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  70. Rochat P, von Buchwald C, Wagner A. Rhinology. 2001;39(3):173–5.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  71. Fountas KN, Duwayri Y, Kapsalaki E, et al. South Med J 2004;97(3):279–82; quiz 83.

    Google Scholar 

  72. Younis RT, Anand VK, Davidson B. Laryngoscope. 2002;112(2):224–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  73. Franzese CB, Stringer SP. Am J Rhinol. 2004;18(5):329–34.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  74. Bolger WE, Butzin CA, Parsons DS. Laryngoscope. 1991;101(1 Pt 1):56–64.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  75. von Kalle T, Fabig-Moritz C, Heumann H, et al. RoFo. 2012;184(7):629–34.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  76. Setzen G, Ferguson BJ, Han JK, et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012;147(5):808–16.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  77. Anzai Y, Jarvik JG, Sullivan SD, et al. Am J Rhinol. 2007;21(4):444–51.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  78. Balk EM, Zucker DR, Engels EA, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;16(10):701–11.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  79. Wald ER, Nash D, Eickhoff J. Pediatrics. 2009;124(1):9–15.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  80. Chow AW, Benninger MS, Brook I, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54(8):e72–e112.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  81. Triulzi F, Zirpoli S. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007;18(Suppl 18):46–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  82. Al-Qudah M. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2008;72(6):817–21.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  83. Smith TL, Kern R, Palmer JN, et al. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013;3(1):4–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  84. Anzai Y, Weymuller EA Jr, Yueh B, et al. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130(4):423–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  85. Senbil N, Gurer YK, Uner C, et al. J Headache Pain. 2008;9(1):33–6.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  86. Lee HS, Majima Y, Sakakura Y, et al. Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai kaiho. 1991;94(9):1250–6.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  87. Bhattacharyya N, Jones DT, Hill M, et al. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130(9):1029–32.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  88. Cotter CS, Stringer S, Rust KR, et al. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1999;50(1):63–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  89. Daele JJ. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg. 1997;51(4):285–304.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  90. Lieu JE, Piccirillo JF, Lusk RP. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129(3):222–32.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  91. Adappa ND, Coticchia JM. Am J Otolaryngol. 2006;27(6):384–9.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  92. Middlebrooks EH, Frost CJ, De Jesus RO, et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015;36(8):1529–35.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  93. DelGaudio JM, Swain RE Jr, Kingdom TT, et al. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003;129(2):236–40.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  94. Groppo ER, El-Sayed IH, Aiken AH, et al. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011;137(10):1005–10.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  95. Nadkarni T, Goel A. J Postgrad Med. 2005;51(Suppl 1):S37–41.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  96. Zamora CA, Oppenheimer AG, Dave H, et al. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2015;39(2):228–31.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  97. Arulrajah S, Symons H, Cahoon EK, et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2012;171(2):375–81.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  98. Hagtvedt T, Aalokken TM, Notthellen J, et al. Eur Radiol. 2003;13(5):976–80.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgment

Dr. Anzai would like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Angelisa Paladin, coauthor in a previous chapter on Diagnosis and Management of Acute and Chronic Sinusitis in Children in Medina LS, et al., eds: Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics: Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care, published by Springer Science in 2010. That chapter was drawn upon for this new chapter, in the process of presenting thoroughly updated and significantly revised coverage of this subject for emergency imaging.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Laura B. Eisenmenger & Yoshimi Anzai

Authors
  1. Laura B. Eisenmenger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yoshimi Anzai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yoshimi Anzai .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Radiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Aine Kelly

  2. Department of Radiology, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Radiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Paul Cronin

  3. Department of Diagnostic, Interventional, and Pediatric Radiology Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Stefan Puig

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA

    Kimberly E. Applegate

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Eisenmenger, L.B., Anzai, Y. (2018). Acute Sinusitis in Adults and Children: Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging. In: Kelly, A., Cronin, P., Puig, S., Applegate, K. (eds) Evidence-Based Emergency Imaging. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67066-9_13

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67066-9_13

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-67064-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-67066-9

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation