PMID- 32747905
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210614
LR  - 20210614
IS  - 2066-8279 (Electronic)
IS  - 1220-0522 (Print)
IS  - 1220-0522 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 1
DP  - 2020
TI  - The sphenoethmoidal sinus and the modified anatomy of the related structures.
PG  - 143-148
LID - 10.47162/RJME.61.1.16 [doi]
AB  - The anterior extent of the sphenoidal sinus in the posterior ethmoid was less 
      investigated. Our purpose was to study whether, or not, the occurrence of a 
      sphenoethmoidal sinus (SES) relates to a sagitally-shortened ethmoid. A 
      retrospective cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) was performed on 36 patient 
      files. In six patients were found SES extended anteriorly above the posterior 
      third of the middle turbinate (MT). Two of these patients had bilateral SES with 
      ethmoidal chambers included in the lateral and superior nasal walls and draining 
      in the sphenoethmoidal recesses. The correlation between the nasion-to-concha 
      sphenoidalis distance and the presence of SES was statistically significant (less 
      than 40 mm in SES cases and more than 40 mm in non-SES cases). We also found: (i) 
      superior turbinates (STs) with ethmoidal and sphenoidal insertions on one side 
      and ethmoidal and maxillary insertions on the opposite side (the maxillary 
      insertion of ST modifies surgical landmarks and was not previously reported), 
      (ii) MT perforation and (iii) pterygoid recess of the maxillary sinus located 
      beneath the pterygopalatine ganglion fossa. The SES thus shortens sagitally the 
      lateral nasal wall but does not modify its morphology. The MT perforation, ST 
      maxillary insertion and the pterygoid recess are rare anatomic variants not 
      reported previously in our knowledge.
FAU - Rusu, Mugurel Constantin
AU  - Rusu MC
AD  - Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of 
      Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; mugurel.rusu@umfcd.ro.
FAU - Hostiuc, Sorin
AU  - Hostiuc S
FAU - Motoc, Andrei Gheorghe Marius
AU  - Motoc AGM
FAU - Mogoanta, Carmen Aurelia
AU  - Mogoanta CA
FAU - Sava, Julietta Cristina
AU  - Sava JC
FAU - Sandulescu, Mihai
AU  - Sandulescu M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Romania
TA  - Rom J Morphol Embryol
JT  - Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et 
      embryologie
JID - 9112454
SB  - IM
MH  - Ethmoid Sinus/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Sphenoid Sinus/*anatomy & histology
PMC - PMC7728111
COIS- All authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.
EDAT- 2020/08/05 06:00
MHDA- 2021/06/16 06:00
PMCR- 2020/01/01
CRDT- 2020/08/05 06:00
PHST- 2020/08/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/08/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/06/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 610120143148 [pii]
AID - 10.47162/RJME.61.1.16 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2020;61(1):143-148. doi: 10.47162/RJME.61.1.16.