October 25, 2016 | Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, FACS; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
Current operative techniques continue to build on the foundation of functional endoscopic sinus surgery from the work of Messerklinger.
September 19, 2016 | John M. Lee, MSc, MD; Michael Au, MD
Abstract
Onodi cell mucoceles are rare entities that can cause devastating ocular complications if not treated promptly. Delays in the diagnosis are possible because of the wide range of differential diagnoses of unilateral retrobulbar optic neuropathy. We describe a new case of Onodi...
April 30, 2016 | Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, MBA, FACS; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
The identification and complete removal of the uncinate process results in a widened middle meatus and access to the ethmoid bulla, the frontal recess, and the outflow tract of the maxillary sinus.
February 24, 2016 | Joseph P. Mirante, MD, MBA, FACS; Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
It is often impossible to classify the disease process on the basis of endoscopic findings alone, but tissue biopsy and culture will lead to the appropriate diagnosis.
December 14, 2015 | Meir Warman, MD; Seth Willen, MD; Peter J. Catalano, MD, FACS, FARS
Abstract
The presentation of an enlarged pneumatized bulla ethmoidalis (BE) that obstructs the ethmoid infundibulum has not been previously reported. We report such a case in a 23-year-old woman who presented with recurrent acute rhinosinusitis and chronic rhinosinusitis. The...
October 31, 2015 | Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS; Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, FACS
Before the development of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), total intranasal ethmoidectomy was performed without the aid of telescopes.
September 21, 2015 | Dodul Mondal, MBBS; Manisha Jana, MD; Prabir Kumar Sur, MD; Ebnam Murshed Khan, MD
Abstract
Meningiomas are common intracranial extra-axial masses. They are rarely encountered in extracranial locations; when they are, the most common head and neck locations are the paranasal sinuses and the temporal bone. Meningiomas in children are very rare, especially in the...
July 21, 2015 | Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, FACS; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
The division of the anterior from the posterior ethmoid cells is determined by the basal lamella of the middle turbinate.
April 28, 2015 | Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, FACS; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
Frontal recess-choanal polyps, as found in the case described in this report, are rare.
February 2, 2015 | Dewey A. Christmas, MD; Joseph P. Mirante, MD, FACS; Eiji Yanagisawa, MD, FACS
The ostium of the ethmoid bulla is often found in the hiatus semilunaris superior, but that it can also be found in the anterior or lateral wall of the bulla, the ethmoid infundibulum, the hiatus semilunaris inferior, or the retrobullar recess.
January 19, 2015 | Marie Devars du Mayne, MD; Maxime Gratacap, MD; David Malinvaud, MD, PhD; Frederic Grenouillet, PhD; Pierre Bonfils, MD, PhD
Abstract
We report what we believe is the first case of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) caused by the fungus Rhizopus oryzae. Our patient was a 32-year-old woman who presented with unilateral nasal polyps and chronic nasal dysfunction. Computed tomography of the sinuses...
October 18, 2014 | Sara Torretta, MD; Alessandra Brevi, MD; Davide Pagani, MD; Lorenzo Pignataro, MD
Abstract
Periorbital swelling is frequently encountered in ear, nose, and throat practices and, as it may be secondary to acute sinusitis, delayed diagnosis may lead to significant morbidity. We describe the case of a 24-year-old man with acute ethmoid-maxillary sinusitis and...
