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Correlation of the sinoscopic appearance of the maxillary antrum with histological and bacteriological findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. C. F Smith  and
H. R. Cable
M. C. F Smith*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-tyne.
H. R. Cable*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Warwick Hospital, Warwick.
*
ENT Department, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7DN.
ENT Department, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7DN.
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Abstract

Assessment of the maxillary antral mucosa in chronic sinusitis prior to surgery is notoriously difficult. Sinoscopy using a Hopkin's rod system is proving increasingly popular. The accuracy diagnosis of mucosal disease by this means in 26 antra is here correlated with histological evidence of inflammation and bacteriological evidence of infection in antral mucosal biopsies. It is shown that the surgeon's assessment of the mucosal appearance correlates well with the histology and bacterial culture. Absence of mucopus or bacterial growth on culture did not indicate absence of disease.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 12 , December 1988 , pp. 1086 - 1088
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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