Sinuses - CT brain - (bone windows)
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Shahla Abolghasemi
Assistant professor of Rheumatology of Azad university
Buali hospital
Paranasal sinuses
Sinuses - CT brain - (bone windows)
Normal CT( Axial and coronal view )
Maxillary sinuses - CT brain - (Axial
view )
 Mucosal thickening is a very common
incidental finding
Abnormal sinus CT( coronal view )
Chronic sinusitis ( Axial view )
Abnormal Normal
Acute sinusitis
Retention cyst
Retension cyst Chronic Rhinosynositis
 Maxillary and ethmoidal sinusitis are
seen in the coronal section of
paranasal CT
Ethmoidal Sinusitis
 Shows bilateral partial opacification of
ethmoid sinuses
Frontal sinuses - CT brain - (bone
windows)
 The frontal sinuses are highly variable
in appearance
 Many people have no frontal
sinuses (bottom image)
Frontal sinuses - CT brain - (bone
windows)
Sinuses - CT brain - (Axial view)
 The sphenoid sinus and ethmoid air
cells are continuous with the nasal
airways
 The mastoid air cells are continuous
with the middle ear
Sphenoid sinuses - CT brain - (bone
windows)
 The sphenoid sinus can be single or
 septated into multiple separate sinuses
Sphenoid sinuses - CT brain - (bone
windows)
Basal Skull fracture
 In the context of trauma, a fluid level
in the sphenoid sinus may be a sign of
a basal skull fracture

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