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Orlandi et al.

Conca bullosa, infraorbital ethmoid cells, narrow

nasal cavities associated with sinus disease. No

associations of frontal sinus disease and

anatomic variants.

EMS was present in 0.7% of patients. No

relationship between EMSandRS.

anatomical differences

between CRS group and controls.

No relationship was found between anatomical variations and

Lund-Mackay score.

diameter and area of

frontal isthmus was not different for patients with and without frontal cells.

significantly correlated to contralateral nasal

NSD but not paranasal sinus disease.

Study Year LOE Study Design Study Groups Clinical Endpoint Conclusions

No significant bony

Frontal sinusitis and

Concha bullosa

Presence and size of concha bullosa,

infraorbital ethmoid

cells, NSDs, and severity of mucosal thickening

ethmomaxillary sinus (EMS, an enlarged

posterior ethmoid cell

occupying the superior

portion of the maxillary sinus)

variants and mucosal thickening on CT

Anatomic variants and Lund-Mackay scores

Presence of anatomic variants;

anterior-posterior

diameter and area of the frontal isthmus

bullosa, sinus mucosal thickening, and nasal NSD

Presence of

Presence of anatomic

Presence of concha

patients with CRS

compared to 100 CT

scans from patients

with orbital disease

and orbital CT scans

CTs examined over a 5 year period

300 CT scans from patients with

symptoms of CRS

117 patients seen at a tertiary rhinology center

consecutive patients withsinus complaints

1450 paranasal sinus

CT scans of 1095

Jones 798 1997 4 Case-control 100 CT scans from

Caughey 342 2005 4 Case-control series 250 consecutive sinus

Sirikci 786 2004 4 Retrospective case series

Nouraei 784 2009 4 Retrospective case series

DelGaudio 795 2005 4 Retrospective case series

Stallman 344 2004 4 Retrospective case series

TABLE IX-11 (Continued)