Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Sinus node disturbances

Nose and Paranasal Sinus Disorders

Sinus Node Dysfunction

Sinus node dysfunction refers to a number of conditions producing physiologically inappropriate atrial rates. Symptoms may be minimal or include weakness, palpitations, and syncope. Diagnosis is by...

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is an extremely severe facial pain that tends to come and go unpredictably in sudden shock-like attacks. The pain is often described as stabbing, shooting, excruciating, bu...

Clonal evolution in maxillary sinus carcinoma

Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to researchers. They have tracked several years of tumor evolution in a 47-year-old male p...

Irrigation Useful for Endoscopic Removal of Maxillary Fungus Balls

Powered saline irrigation reduces procedure time and complications in the endoscopic removal of fungus balls in maxillary sinuses, according...

TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare report first study of clonal evolution in Maxillary Sinus Carcinoma

(The Translational Genomics Research Institute) Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published today by the Translat...

SinuSys receives CE mark for AerOs Sinus Dilation system

SinuSys has obtained CE mark for its AerOs Sinus Dilation system, designed to open the maxillary ostia (openings that connect a sinus to the nasal cavity) and treat painful chronic sinusitis.

Maxillary sinuses allow nose to change shape, say researchers

Pity the poor maxillary sinuses. Those bulbous pouches on either side of the human nose are known more for trapping mucus and causing sinus infections than anything else. They were thought to be an ev...

Quails' eggs and other stories . . .

Quails’ eggs are being used to train juniors in endoscopic endonasal surgery. Slow boiled eggs are embedded in the orbit or attached to the lateral wall of the maxillary sinus in a physical sinus......

Study compares transcrestal techniques for maxillary sinus floor elevation

For a successful dental implant, the first step for some patients is reconstructive surgery of the jaw. A bone graft to augment the upper jaw can now be achieved by several methods. To assess these me...

Entellus Medical Launches XprESS LoProfile Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool with Light Fiber

Entellus Medical, a leading manufacturer of innovative tools for treating patients with chronic and recurrent sinusitis, launched its XprESS LoProfile Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool. T...

Maxillary sinus textiloma: a case report.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Textilomas have been reported in many locations. We report the first case of textiloma located in the maxillary sinus that mimicked a sinus cyst recurrence on CT images. CASE P...

Maxillary sinus disease: diagnosis and treatment.

The maxillary sinus is the paranasal sinus that impacts most on the work of the dentist as they will often be required to make a diagnosis in relation to orofacial pain that may be sinogenic in origin...

Effect of accessory ostia on maxillary sinus ventilation: A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study.

We evaluated, by CFD simulation, effects of accessory ostium (AO) on maxillary sinus ventilation. A three-dimensional nasal model was constructed from an adult CT scan with two left maxillary AOs (sin...

Displacement of three dental implants into the maxillary sinus in two patients. Report of two cases.

INTRODUCTION: Reconstruction of the posterior edentulous maxilla with dental implants has become a popular practice worldwide. However, the poor bone quality and quantity in this...

Unusual hematogenous brain metastasis in malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the maxillary sinus.

Malignant fibrous histocytoma (MFH) of the maxillary sinus is believed to be a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma with a low frequency of distant metastasis. In this study, we provide a histological doc...