 Inflammatory condition characterised by
oedematous mucosa of nose and sinuses
 Non neoplastic
 Sinuses – ethmoid (mc), maxillary (2nd )
 TYPES
 Ethmoidal
 Antrochoanal
 True choanal, sphenochoanal – rare
 Polyp – many feet, these soft jelly like masses
are shaped like a polyp
 Arise from ethmoid air cells – so multiple
 Present as multiple grape like masses
 Etiology
 Middle age
 Men
 Allergy – 30% of patients have allergic cause, so
bilateral
 Infection – rhinosinusitis
 Fungal infection
 Allergic fungal sinusitis
 Hereditary – cystic fibrosis, ciliary dyskinesia
 Vasomotor rhinitis
 Ethmoidal labyrinth complex anatomy
 Bernoulli’s phenomenon – when air passes
through narrow cavities – negative pressure –
increased formation of tissue fluids – edematous
mucosa
 Asthma
 NARES
 Endocrine
 Young’s syndrome – sinus, pulmonary,
azoospermia
 Samter’s triad – polyp, asthma, aspirin allergy
 Kartagener’s syndrome – sinusitis,
bronchiectasis, sinus inversus, ciliary dyskinesia
 Polysaccharide theory – leads to vasomotor
imbalance
 Churg strauss syndrome – asthma, fever,
eosinophilia, vasculitis and granuloma
 Children – rule out cystic fibrosis and
mucoviscidosis
 Adults – allergy, infection
 Pathologenesis – inflammation by bacteria, virus,
allergens
 Site – OMC (origin)
 Histopathology –
 Lined by respiratory epithelium
 Long standing cases/ exposure to enviroment –
squamous metaplasia
 C/F
 Symptoms – LONG HISTORY OF DISEASE
 Nasal obstruction – B/L
 Allergic symptoms – sneezing, itching
 Nasal discharge – mucoid, purulent if infected
 Post nasal discharge, hawking
 Hyposmia, Anosmia
 Broadening of nose – long standing cases
 Headache
 Rhinolalia clausa
 Snoring
 Sleep apnoea
 Recurrence – common
 Signs
 Multiple bilateral polyp like growth – mobile,
pale, soft, insensitive to touch, non friable, non
bleeding, probed all around, arise from middle
meatus
 Involve anterior part of nasal cavity, grow
anteriorly
 Sessile or pedunculated, non tender
 If infected – pink and vascular
 If protruding – pink
 Frog face deformity – long standing cases –
broadening of nose and increased inter canthal
distance
 Look like a bunch of grapes
 PROBE TEST, COLD SPATULA TEST
 D/D
 Congenital – meningocele, glioma,
meningoencephalocele – for age < 5 years
 Polyps – AC polyp, sphenochoanal polyp
 Polypoidal/ hypertrophied middle/ inferior
turbinate
 Granulomatous diseases – rhinosporidiosis,
rhinoscleroma, tuberculosis
 Neoplasms – inverted papilloma, angiofibroma
(bleed)
 Malignancy – bleed on probing
 Adenoids – crescent sign absent
 Turbinate hypertrophy – hard on probing
 Diagnosis
 DNE
 Biopsy – to rule out neoplasm, malignancy
 Allergy tests
 Radiology
 X Ray PNS – sinusitis
 X Ray Nasopharynx – adenoids
 CT OMC – bone erosion, malignancy, surgery
planning
 Nasal swab – fungal culture
 CBC, AEC
 Urine C/E
 Nasal smear - eosinophilia
 TREATMENT
 Medical
 Antibiotics
 Antihistaminics, antileukotriens
 Steroid nasal spray – for preventing recurrence
post op, minimal polyposis, those with asthma,
cant tolerate antihistaminics
 Alkaline nasal douching
 Oral steroids – rarely
 Decongestants – local/oral – no role as polyps
are avascular, don’t shrink
 Surgical
 Intranasal polypectomy by snare
 FESS
 Intranasal ethmoidectomy – blind procedure,
more complications
 Extranasal ethmoidectomy – scar
 Transantral ethmoidectomy/Caldwel luc
surgery – for recurrence
 Microdebrider – more precise, less bleed
 LASER
 Originates – Maxillary sinus – floor and medial
wall
 Enters middle meatus mainly through accessory
ostia/ rarely through natural ostia into ethmoidal
infundibulum
 Grows posteriorly into choana then nasopharynx
sometimes oropharynx
 3 parts – thin stalk in maxillary sinus
 Flat from side to side – nasal
 Round and globular – choanal/ nasopharynx/
oropharynx
 ETIOLOGY
 Children and adolescents – as children are
prone to infection
 M=F
 Sinusitis – Infection of maxillary sinus (so
single and unilateral)
 Maldevelopment of maxillary sinus
 Faulty development of accessory/ natural
ostia
 Rarely allergy, mostly not a cause
 Pathology – dumb bell shaped
 C/F – SHORT HISTORY DURATION
 Symptoms
 U/L Nasal obstruction, if choana/ nasopharynx
involved can be B/L
 Nasal discharge
 Post nasal discharge
 Headache
 Anosmia/ hyposmia – rare, not common
 Allergic symptoms – rare, less frequent
 Ear symptoms – due to Eustachian tube
obstruction
 Signs
 Dumb bell shaped
 Grows posteriorly
 May not be seen on anterior rhinoscopy
 Arises from lateral wall – so probe cant be passed
laterally
 Posterior rhinoscopy – large pale white smooth
translucent mass covered with nasal discharge
 Can extend to oropharynx
 Pink and congested – if infected
 D/D
 Bleb of mucus – disappears on blowing nose
 angiofibroma
 Glioma, encephalocele, meningoencephalocele
 Rhinosporidiosis
 Hypertrophied turbinates
 Sphenochoanal polyp
 Craniopharyngioma
 Adenoids
 Thornwaldt’s cyst
 Diagnosis
 DNE
 CT SCAN OMC, PNS
 X Ray PNS – opacity of maxillary sinus (U/L)
 Convexity of mass in sinus – polyp
 X Ray Neck lateral view – crescent sign positive –
column of air (translucent area) behind the polyp
(opacity)
 TREATMENT
 Antibiotics for infection
 Surgical – FESS with middle meatal antrostomy by
joining natural and accessory ostia
 Caldwel luc surgery (Transantral ethmoidectomy)
 After age of 18 years – after eruption of upper 2nd
molar
 For recurrence
 Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
 Principle – To improve mucociliary clearance of sinuses by
removing the obstruction of drainage of ostia with
maximum preservation of sinus mucosa, when medical
treatment fails
 INDICATIONS
 Recurrent and chronic sinusitis not responding to medical
therapy
 Diffuse Nasal polyposis
 Allergic fungal sinusitis
 Complications of sinusitis
 CSF Rhinnorhoea
 Endoscopic DCR
 Endoscopic Septoplasty
 Endoscopic FB removal
 Mucocele of frontoethmoid or sphenoid sinus
 Inverted Papilloma, Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
 Concha Bullosa resection
 Optic Nerve decompression
 Orbital decompression
 Choanal atresia
 Epistaxis
 C/I
 Lack of experience and proper instruments
 Intracranial complications
 Intraorbital complications
 Aggressive fungal infection – Mucormycosis
 Osteomyelitis
 Stenosis of sinus openings
 Anaesthesia
 LA with sedation – adults, safer as when
manipulation of orbital periosteum or dura –
pain, but limited work possible
 GA – paediatric, anxious, long cases
 Preparation
 Topic anaesthesia and decongestant
 Local infiltration with 2% lignocaine with
1:100000 adrenaline into inferior turbinate,
middle turbinate, uncinate process, bulla, septum
 Position – supine, head resting on ring and
rotated towards surgeon, table raised at head
end
 TECHNIQUES
 Messerklinger/ Stammberger technique
 More conservative as middle turbinate not resected
 Anterior to posterior
 Removal of uncinate process and exposure of
ethmoidal infundibulum - Uncinectomy
 Identification and widening of maxillary sinus ostium
and joining it with accessory ostia – Middle Meatal
Antrostomy
 Removal of ethmoidal bulla – Bullectomy/ Ant
Ethmoidectomy
 Exploration and clearance of frontal sinus ostia –
Frontal sinusotomy
 Penetration of basal lamella
 Clearance of Posterior ethmoids – Posterior
Ethmoidectomy
 Opening of anteriorwall of spenoid and clearance –
Sphenoid Sinusotomy
 If middle turbinate enlarged as in Concha bullosa – partial
or total turbinectomy
 Packing – Middle meatus packed to prevent adhesions
 Wigand technique
 Partial or complete resection of middle turbinate always
done
 Posterior to anterior
 For recurrence or extensive disease
 When surgical landmarks not identified
 Middle turbinate resection – post ethmoid – sphenoid –
anterior ethmoid
 Post Operative Care
 Watch for swelling, visual status, mental status
 Look for surgical emphysema
 Antibiotics – Amoxyclav, Cephalosporin – intra op and
post op for 10 days
 Steroids – post op for 6 weeks
 Leukotriene inhibitors – allergy
 Analgesics
 Antifungal agents
 Alkakine nasal douching for 1 week
 Avoid sternous activity, blowing of nose, medications
which risk bleeding
 After 1 week post op – endoscopic toilet and
crust/blood removal
 Complications
 Minor
 Post op bleeding – post septal artery, internal
maxillary artery
 Post op infection
 Stenosis of ostia
 Hyposmia
 Synechiae
 Headache
 Periorbital/ subcutaneous emphysema
 NLD/Sac injury
 Toothache
 Exacebation of asthma
 Major
 CSF Leak – due to skull base trauma (#),
treatment involves using graft from temporalis
fascia, fat, muscle, bone, cartilage
 Meningitis
 Intracranial bleed
 Orbital haematoma – due to injury to thmoidal
artery – lead to blindness – treat by bleeding
control, immediate pack removal and steroids
 Injury to optic nerve – blindness
 Diplopia, decreased visual acuity
 Injury to lamina papyracea
 Injury to ICA
 Advantages of FESS
 Minimally invasive – no bone removal,
preservation of nasal and sinus mucosa
 Better visualisation
 Better illumination
 Less trauma
 Photography/recording
 No skin incision
 Preservation of function of mucociliary
clearance
 Radical antrostomy/Canine fossa antrostomy/
Anterior antrostomy
 Principle – 2 antrostomies are created for drainage
and irrigation of maxillary sinus – inferior meatal
(intra nasal) – permanent and canine fossa (sub labial
approach)
 Indications
 Management of complex midfacial and orbital floor #
 Medial maxillectomy initial step
 FB maxilla – cant be removed by FESS
 Management of Ca Palate
 Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis – with irreversible changes
to sinus mucosa
 Complicated acute maxillary sinusitis
 Recurrent AC Polyp
 Atrophic Rhinitis – for implantation of stenson’s duct
into maxillary sinus
 Approach to pterygopalatine fossa for ligation of
maxillary artery
 Dental cyst
 C/I
 Age < 18 years
 Acute infections
 Diabetes, HTN, Bleeding disorder
 Preparation
 GA with endotracheal intubation
 Supine
 Incision – sub labial incision between canine and 2nd
molar (upper)
 Canine fossa antrostomy done
 Removal of disease
 Intranasal antrostomy below inferior turbinate for
drainage
 Packing through nasal antrostomy
 Closure of sublabial incision
 Post operative
 Antibiotics
 Ice pack
 Removal of pack after 2 days (48 hours)
 Saline irrigation
 Complications
 Inferior meatal opening – useless
 Bleeding
 Anaesthesia of cheek – injury to infra orbital
nerve
 Anaesthesia of teeth
 Injury to orbit
 Injury to NLD – Dacrocystitis
 Oroantral/ sublabial fistula
 Orbital infection
 Intra Nasal
 Through middle meatus
 Blind procedure – bleed, injury to optic nerve
and orbit, CSF leak
 Extra nasal/ External/ Howarth’s
 Through medial canthus incision – curved
incision medial to medial canthus
 Indication – pyocele, orbital complications,
repeated recurrence, CSF repair
 Complications – External scar
 Transantral
 Horgan’s operation
 When both maxillary and ethmoid sinus
affected
 Do Caldwell luc followed by ethmoidal
surgery

Nasal polyposis

  • 2.
     Inflammatory conditioncharacterised by oedematous mucosa of nose and sinuses  Non neoplastic  Sinuses – ethmoid (mc), maxillary (2nd )  TYPES  Ethmoidal  Antrochoanal  True choanal, sphenochoanal – rare  Polyp – many feet, these soft jelly like masses are shaped like a polyp
  • 3.
     Arise fromethmoid air cells – so multiple  Present as multiple grape like masses  Etiology  Middle age  Men  Allergy – 30% of patients have allergic cause, so bilateral  Infection – rhinosinusitis  Fungal infection  Allergic fungal sinusitis  Hereditary – cystic fibrosis, ciliary dyskinesia
  • 4.
     Vasomotor rhinitis Ethmoidal labyrinth complex anatomy  Bernoulli’s phenomenon – when air passes through narrow cavities – negative pressure – increased formation of tissue fluids – edematous mucosa  Asthma  NARES  Endocrine  Young’s syndrome – sinus, pulmonary, azoospermia  Samter’s triad – polyp, asthma, aspirin allergy
  • 5.
     Kartagener’s syndrome– sinusitis, bronchiectasis, sinus inversus, ciliary dyskinesia  Polysaccharide theory – leads to vasomotor imbalance  Churg strauss syndrome – asthma, fever, eosinophilia, vasculitis and granuloma  Children – rule out cystic fibrosis and mucoviscidosis  Adults – allergy, infection  Pathologenesis – inflammation by bacteria, virus, allergens  Site – OMC (origin)
  • 6.
     Histopathology – Lined by respiratory epithelium  Long standing cases/ exposure to enviroment – squamous metaplasia  C/F  Symptoms – LONG HISTORY OF DISEASE  Nasal obstruction – B/L  Allergic symptoms – sneezing, itching  Nasal discharge – mucoid, purulent if infected  Post nasal discharge, hawking  Hyposmia, Anosmia  Broadening of nose – long standing cases
  • 7.
     Headache  Rhinolaliaclausa  Snoring  Sleep apnoea  Recurrence – common  Signs  Multiple bilateral polyp like growth – mobile, pale, soft, insensitive to touch, non friable, non bleeding, probed all around, arise from middle meatus  Involve anterior part of nasal cavity, grow anteriorly  Sessile or pedunculated, non tender
  • 8.
     If infected– pink and vascular  If protruding – pink  Frog face deformity – long standing cases – broadening of nose and increased inter canthal distance  Look like a bunch of grapes  PROBE TEST, COLD SPATULA TEST  D/D  Congenital – meningocele, glioma, meningoencephalocele – for age < 5 years  Polyps – AC polyp, sphenochoanal polyp  Polypoidal/ hypertrophied middle/ inferior turbinate
  • 10.
     Granulomatous diseases– rhinosporidiosis, rhinoscleroma, tuberculosis  Neoplasms – inverted papilloma, angiofibroma (bleed)  Malignancy – bleed on probing  Adenoids – crescent sign absent  Turbinate hypertrophy – hard on probing  Diagnosis  DNE  Biopsy – to rule out neoplasm, malignancy  Allergy tests
  • 11.
     Radiology  XRay PNS – sinusitis  X Ray Nasopharynx – adenoids  CT OMC – bone erosion, malignancy, surgery planning  Nasal swab – fungal culture  CBC, AEC  Urine C/E  Nasal smear - eosinophilia
  • 12.
     TREATMENT  Medical Antibiotics  Antihistaminics, antileukotriens  Steroid nasal spray – for preventing recurrence post op, minimal polyposis, those with asthma, cant tolerate antihistaminics  Alkaline nasal douching  Oral steroids – rarely  Decongestants – local/oral – no role as polyps are avascular, don’t shrink
  • 13.
     Surgical  Intranasalpolypectomy by snare  FESS  Intranasal ethmoidectomy – blind procedure, more complications  Extranasal ethmoidectomy – scar  Transantral ethmoidectomy/Caldwel luc surgery – for recurrence  Microdebrider – more precise, less bleed  LASER
  • 14.
     Originates –Maxillary sinus – floor and medial wall  Enters middle meatus mainly through accessory ostia/ rarely through natural ostia into ethmoidal infundibulum  Grows posteriorly into choana then nasopharynx sometimes oropharynx  3 parts – thin stalk in maxillary sinus  Flat from side to side – nasal  Round and globular – choanal/ nasopharynx/ oropharynx
  • 15.
     ETIOLOGY  Childrenand adolescents – as children are prone to infection  M=F  Sinusitis – Infection of maxillary sinus (so single and unilateral)  Maldevelopment of maxillary sinus  Faulty development of accessory/ natural ostia  Rarely allergy, mostly not a cause  Pathology – dumb bell shaped
  • 16.
     C/F –SHORT HISTORY DURATION  Symptoms  U/L Nasal obstruction, if choana/ nasopharynx involved can be B/L  Nasal discharge  Post nasal discharge  Headache  Anosmia/ hyposmia – rare, not common  Allergic symptoms – rare, less frequent  Ear symptoms – due to Eustachian tube obstruction
  • 17.
     Signs  Dumbbell shaped  Grows posteriorly  May not be seen on anterior rhinoscopy  Arises from lateral wall – so probe cant be passed laterally  Posterior rhinoscopy – large pale white smooth translucent mass covered with nasal discharge  Can extend to oropharynx  Pink and congested – if infected  D/D  Bleb of mucus – disappears on blowing nose  angiofibroma
  • 19.
     Glioma, encephalocele,meningoencephalocele  Rhinosporidiosis  Hypertrophied turbinates  Sphenochoanal polyp  Craniopharyngioma  Adenoids  Thornwaldt’s cyst  Diagnosis  DNE  CT SCAN OMC, PNS
  • 20.
     X RayPNS – opacity of maxillary sinus (U/L)  Convexity of mass in sinus – polyp  X Ray Neck lateral view – crescent sign positive – column of air (translucent area) behind the polyp (opacity)  TREATMENT  Antibiotics for infection  Surgical – FESS with middle meatal antrostomy by joining natural and accessory ostia  Caldwel luc surgery (Transantral ethmoidectomy)  After age of 18 years – after eruption of upper 2nd molar  For recurrence
  • 22.
     Functional EndoscopicSinus Surgery  Principle – To improve mucociliary clearance of sinuses by removing the obstruction of drainage of ostia with maximum preservation of sinus mucosa, when medical treatment fails  INDICATIONS  Recurrent and chronic sinusitis not responding to medical therapy  Diffuse Nasal polyposis  Allergic fungal sinusitis  Complications of sinusitis  CSF Rhinnorhoea  Endoscopic DCR  Endoscopic Septoplasty  Endoscopic FB removal
  • 23.
     Mucocele offrontoethmoid or sphenoid sinus  Inverted Papilloma, Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma  Concha Bullosa resection  Optic Nerve decompression  Orbital decompression  Choanal atresia  Epistaxis  C/I  Lack of experience and proper instruments  Intracranial complications  Intraorbital complications  Aggressive fungal infection – Mucormycosis  Osteomyelitis  Stenosis of sinus openings
  • 24.
     Anaesthesia  LAwith sedation – adults, safer as when manipulation of orbital periosteum or dura – pain, but limited work possible  GA – paediatric, anxious, long cases  Preparation  Topic anaesthesia and decongestant  Local infiltration with 2% lignocaine with 1:100000 adrenaline into inferior turbinate, middle turbinate, uncinate process, bulla, septum  Position – supine, head resting on ring and rotated towards surgeon, table raised at head end
  • 25.
     TECHNIQUES  Messerklinger/Stammberger technique  More conservative as middle turbinate not resected  Anterior to posterior  Removal of uncinate process and exposure of ethmoidal infundibulum - Uncinectomy  Identification and widening of maxillary sinus ostium and joining it with accessory ostia – Middle Meatal Antrostomy  Removal of ethmoidal bulla – Bullectomy/ Ant Ethmoidectomy  Exploration and clearance of frontal sinus ostia – Frontal sinusotomy  Penetration of basal lamella
  • 26.
     Clearance ofPosterior ethmoids – Posterior Ethmoidectomy  Opening of anteriorwall of spenoid and clearance – Sphenoid Sinusotomy  If middle turbinate enlarged as in Concha bullosa – partial or total turbinectomy  Packing – Middle meatus packed to prevent adhesions  Wigand technique  Partial or complete resection of middle turbinate always done  Posterior to anterior  For recurrence or extensive disease  When surgical landmarks not identified  Middle turbinate resection – post ethmoid – sphenoid – anterior ethmoid
  • 27.
     Post OperativeCare  Watch for swelling, visual status, mental status  Look for surgical emphysema  Antibiotics – Amoxyclav, Cephalosporin – intra op and post op for 10 days  Steroids – post op for 6 weeks  Leukotriene inhibitors – allergy  Analgesics  Antifungal agents  Alkakine nasal douching for 1 week  Avoid sternous activity, blowing of nose, medications which risk bleeding  After 1 week post op – endoscopic toilet and crust/blood removal
  • 28.
     Complications  Minor Post op bleeding – post septal artery, internal maxillary artery  Post op infection  Stenosis of ostia  Hyposmia  Synechiae  Headache  Periorbital/ subcutaneous emphysema  NLD/Sac injury  Toothache  Exacebation of asthma
  • 29.
     Major  CSFLeak – due to skull base trauma (#), treatment involves using graft from temporalis fascia, fat, muscle, bone, cartilage  Meningitis  Intracranial bleed  Orbital haematoma – due to injury to thmoidal artery – lead to blindness – treat by bleeding control, immediate pack removal and steroids  Injury to optic nerve – blindness  Diplopia, decreased visual acuity  Injury to lamina papyracea  Injury to ICA
  • 30.
     Advantages ofFESS  Minimally invasive – no bone removal, preservation of nasal and sinus mucosa  Better visualisation  Better illumination  Less trauma  Photography/recording  No skin incision  Preservation of function of mucociliary clearance
  • 31.
     Radical antrostomy/Caninefossa antrostomy/ Anterior antrostomy  Principle – 2 antrostomies are created for drainage and irrigation of maxillary sinus – inferior meatal (intra nasal) – permanent and canine fossa (sub labial approach)  Indications  Management of complex midfacial and orbital floor #  Medial maxillectomy initial step  FB maxilla – cant be removed by FESS  Management of Ca Palate  Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis – with irreversible changes to sinus mucosa  Complicated acute maxillary sinusitis
  • 32.
     Recurrent ACPolyp  Atrophic Rhinitis – for implantation of stenson’s duct into maxillary sinus  Approach to pterygopalatine fossa for ligation of maxillary artery  Dental cyst  C/I  Age < 18 years  Acute infections  Diabetes, HTN, Bleeding disorder  Preparation  GA with endotracheal intubation  Supine
  • 33.
     Incision –sub labial incision between canine and 2nd molar (upper)  Canine fossa antrostomy done  Removal of disease  Intranasal antrostomy below inferior turbinate for drainage  Packing through nasal antrostomy  Closure of sublabial incision  Post operative  Antibiotics  Ice pack  Removal of pack after 2 days (48 hours)  Saline irrigation
  • 34.
     Complications  Inferiormeatal opening – useless  Bleeding  Anaesthesia of cheek – injury to infra orbital nerve  Anaesthesia of teeth  Injury to orbit  Injury to NLD – Dacrocystitis  Oroantral/ sublabial fistula  Orbital infection
  • 35.
     Intra Nasal Through middle meatus  Blind procedure – bleed, injury to optic nerve and orbit, CSF leak  Extra nasal/ External/ Howarth’s  Through medial canthus incision – curved incision medial to medial canthus  Indication – pyocele, orbital complications, repeated recurrence, CSF repair  Complications – External scar
  • 36.
     Transantral  Horgan’soperation  When both maxillary and ethmoid sinus affected  Do Caldwell luc followed by ethmoidal surgery