Rapidly Progressive Maxillary Atelectasis.
OBJECTIVE: Report of a patient with rapidly progressive maxillary atelectasis documented by sequential imaging. CLINICAL REPORT: A 51-year-old man, presented with left periorbital and retro-orbital pain associated with left nasal obstruction. An initial computed tomographic (CT) scan of the paranasal sinuses failed to reveal any significant abnormality. A subsequent CT scan, indicated for recurrence of symptoms 11 months later, showed significant maxillary atelectasis. An uncinectomy, maxillary antrostomy, and anterior ethmoidectomy resulted in a complete resolution of the symptoms. CONCLUSION: Chronic maxillary atelectasis is most commonly a consequence of chronic rhinosinusitis. All previous reports have indicated a chronic process but lacked documentation of the course of the disease. This report documents a patient of rapidly progressive chronic maxillary atelectasis with CT scans that demonstrate changes in the maxillary sinus (from normal to atelectatic) within 11 months.
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- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Paranasal Sinus Diseases
- Nasal Obstruction
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Dentistry
- Chronic Disease
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Recurrence
- Pulmonary Atelectasis
- Paranasal Sinus Diseases
- Nasal Obstruction
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Dentistry
- Chronic Disease