There is no structural relationship between nasal septal deviation, concha bullosa, and paranasal sinus fungus balls
TL;DR: It is concluded that the anatomical variants discussed herein do not predispose patients to rhinosinusitis and the locations of infected paranasal sinus, the direction of nasal septal deviation, and the location of concha bullosa, in location-limited rhinosinitis lesions such as paranasAL sinus fungal balls are not determined.
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Abstract: This study aims to determine the relationship between nasal septal deviation, concha bullosa, and chronic rhinosinusitis by using a definitive pathological and simplified model Fifty-two consecutive sinus computed tomography scans were performed on patients who received endoscopic sinus surgery and whose final diagnosis was paranasal sinus fungus balls The incidences of nasal septal deviation and concha bullosa for patients diagnosed with paranasal sinus fungus balls among the study group were 423% and 25%, respectively About 636% sinuses with fungus balls were located on the ipsilateral side of the nasal septal deviation, and 462% were located on the ipsilateral side of the concha bullosa When examined by Pearson's chi-square test and the chi-squared goodness-of-fit test, no significant statistical difference for the presence of paranasal sinus fungus balls between ipsilateral and contralateral sides of nasal septal deviation and concha bullosa was noted (P = 0292 and P = 0593, resp) In conclusion, we could not demonstrate any statistically significant correlation between the location of infected paranasal sinus, the direction of nasal septal deviation, and the location of concha bullosa, in location-limited rhinosinusitis lesions such as paranasal sinus fungal balls We conclude that the anatomical variants discussed herein do not predispose patients to rhinosinusitis
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