dc.creator | Karantanas, A. H. | en |
dc.creator | Sandris, V. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:33:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:33:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00015-3 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 8956111 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/29065 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fifty-six patients (age range, 15-79 yr, average, 37.0±18.5 yr), with a clinical and/or radiological diagnosis of acute maxillary sinusitis, were prospectively studied with ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT). The imaging finding which supported the diagnosis of acute sinusitis with US was the identification of the hyperechoic posterior antral wall through the hypoechoic inflammation. The findings were compared to CT (3 mm axial sections). The sensitivity of US for maxillary sinus disease was found to be 66.7% and the specificity was 94.9%, which were similar to the plain film ones (65.2 and 96.8%, respectively). The results of the present study suggest US as the method of first choice for acute sinusitis of the maxillary antra, particularly for children and pregnant women. Fifty-six patients (age range, 15-79 yr, average, 37.0±18.5 yr), with a clinical and/or radiological diagnosis of acute maxillary sinusitis, were prospectively studied with ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT). The imaging finding which supported the diagnosis of acute sinusitis with US was the identification of the hyperechoic posterior antral wall through the hypoechoic inflammation. The findings were compared to CT (3 mm axial sections). The sensitivity of US for maxillary sinus disease was found to be 66.7% and the specificity was 94.9%, which were similar to the plain film ones (65.2 and 96.8%, respectively). The results of the present study suggest US as the method of first choice for acute sinusitis of the maxillary antra, particularly for children and pregnant women. | en |
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dc.subject | Computed tomography | en |
dc.subject | Inflammation | en |
dc.subject | Maxillary | en |
dc.subject | Ultrasound | en |
dc.subject | Computerized tomography | en |
dc.subject | Diseases | en |
dc.subject | Ultrasonic imaging | en |
dc.subject | Maxillary sinus inflammatory disease | en |
dc.subject | Medical imaging | en |
dc.subject | adolescent | en |
dc.subject | adult | en |
dc.subject | aged | en |
dc.subject | article | en |
dc.subject | computer assisted tomography | en |
dc.subject | diagnostic accuracy | en |
dc.subject | diagnostic value | en |
dc.subject | echography | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | image analysis | en |
dc.subject | intermethod comparison | en |
dc.subject | major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | maxillary sinus | en |
dc.subject | priority journal | en |
dc.subject | radiodiagnosis | en |
dc.subject | sinusitis | en |
dc.subject | Acute Disease | en |
dc.subject | Child | en |
dc.subject | Chronic Disease | en |
dc.subject | Female | en |
dc.subject | Humans | en |
dc.subject | Male | en |
dc.subject | Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms | en |
dc.subject | Maxillary Sinusitis | en |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | en |
dc.subject | Mucocele | en |
dc.subject | Nasal Obstruction | en |
dc.subject | Osteitis | en |
dc.subject | Paranasal Sinus Diseases | en |
dc.subject | Polyps | en |
dc.subject | Pregnancy | en |
dc.subject | Prospective Studies | en |
dc.subject | Sensitivity and Specificity | en |
dc.subject | Tomography, X-Ray Computed | en |
dc.title | Maxillary sinus inflammatory disease: Ultrasound compared to computed tomography | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |