Association Of Concha Bullosa And Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients-A Computerized Tomography Assisted One Year Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND Chronic Rhinosinusitis is a common disease among the population. It is a significant burden worldwide. Currently CT is a method of choice for assessment of anatomical variants, para-nasal sinus and nasal cavity. Some variations in lateral wall of the nose such as -Nasal Septal Deviation, Paradoxical Middle Turbinate, Concha Bullosa, Agger Nasi, bulla- oversize ,Haller cells etc. Gold Standard for diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis- acomputerized tomography scan of Paranasal sinuses Concha bullosa is one of the most common anatomical variant found in the patients of chronic rhinosinusitis. C.B by itself does not represent a disease state, but it may be the etiology for the patient to develop Chronic sinusitis more readily & frequently. Computed Tomography (coronal view ) is the best way for imaging concha bullosa. It presents as enlarged body of the middle turbinate that is in contact with the septum of the nose and laterally bulging into the lateral wall of nose. In our study we used Computed Tomography by enlarge to eavaluate the presence of concha bullosa along with diagnostic nasal endoscopy in patients of chronic rhinosinusitis

OBJECTIVE: To find the association of concha bullosa in patients of Chronic Rhinosinusitis