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A comparative study of radiological and antroscopic findings in the lesions of maxillary sinus

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This study was done to assess the relevance of radiological examination in comparision to endoscopic examination in diagonis of maxillary sinus lesions. X-ray para nasal sinuses was done in sixty six patients and CT scan in 18 patients. Antroscopy was performed in all the cases (133 sinuses). The correlation between X -ray examination and antroscopy was found to be poor i.e. 52.4% with 95% confidence interval of 39.5-65.5% while that between CT scanning and antroscopy was good i.e. 90% with a 95.5 confidence interval of 77.8%-100%. The difference between the two correlations with highly significant satistically (p<0.001). The findings are discussed.

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    S. C. Gupta, M. Singh, Alok Jain & D. K. Walia

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Gupta, S.C., Singh, M., Jain, A. et al. A comparative study of radiological and antroscopic findings in the lesions of maxillary sinus. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 56, 9–13 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02968763

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Key Word

  • Maxillary sinus lesions
  • Antroscopy
  • Radiological Examination