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01-07-2018 | Anatomic Variations

Vertical and sagittal combinations of concha bullosa media and paradoxical middle turbinate

Authors: C. J. Sava, M. C. Rusu, M. Săndulescu, D. Dincă

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 7/2018

Abstract

Common anatomic variants of the middle nasal turbinate include its pneumatization (i.e. concha bullosa media) and its paradoxical curvature. We report here two cases of differently combined variations of the middle turbinate which were documented in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). The first report presents the vertical combination of a double or septated lamellar concha bullosa with the paradoxical curvature of middle turbinate. This combined variant associated (coincidental findings): ipsilateral paradoxical superior turbinate and contralateral paradoxical middle turbinate, concha bullosa superior and concha bullosa suprema. In the second case was found the sagittal combination of successive anterior concha bullosa media and posterior paradoxical curvature of the middle turbinate. An ethmoidal sinolith was found embedded in lamella basalis. The contralateral superior turbinate was pneumatized. These rare findings demonstrate that sound knowledge of possible anatomical variations, supported by a complete use of the tools available for the CBCT documentation of cases, is able to enrich the picture of human anatomic variations, with a direct impact on clinical and surgical practice. The septa-containing lamellar concha bullosa and paradoxical middle concha combination is a variation that affects surgical practice.

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Title: Vertical and sagittal combinations of concha bullosa media and paradoxical middle turbinate
Authors: C. J. Sava
M. C. Rusu
M. Săndulescu
D. Dincă
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-1998-0

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