Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
원저
만성부비동염 환자에서 부비동 단순 X-선 사진과 전산화 단층 (CT) 사진 소견의 비교
선동일1, 윤선호1, 신민호1, 서병도1, 양일권*
Comparison of Accuracy of Plain PNS X-ray and PNS CT in Chronic Paranasal Sinusitis
Dong-Il Sun1, Sun-Ho Yoon1, Min-Ho Shin1, Byung-Do Suh1, Il-Kwon Yang*
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University Medical College
*Radiology, Catholic University Medical College
© Copyright 1993 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Published Online: May 31, 2020
ABSTRACT
Plain X-ray traditionally has been used to diagnosis of sinusitis but the diagnostic accuracy is still controversy. So we evaluated 25 patients who visited Kang-Nam St. Mary’s Hospital during the period from January 1992 to August 1992 with sinusitis symptoms. The patients were revaluated with CT and compared it with plain X-ray for the presence of sinusitis and its severity. The results were as follows:
Plain X-ray showed a 82% diagnostic accuracy in the presence of maxillary sinusitis with a 54% accuracy in the severity.
Plain X-ray showed a 84% diagnostic accuracy in the presence of ethmoid sinusitis with a 60% accuracy in the severity.
Plain X-ray showed a 80% diagnostic accracy in the presence of frontal sinusitis with a 60% accuracy in the severity.
Olfactory fissure showed a 74% accuracy in the determining the patency.
Keywords: Chronic Paranasal Sinusitis; Plain X-ray; CT
