ALLMedicine™ Sinusitis Center

Jul 20th, 2021 - We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC Ag) elevation in the follow-up of a uterine cervical cancer. The examination showed an FDG-avid mass of the left nasal cavity with left...

Jul 20th, 2021 - Orbital apex syndrome (OAS) is a rare condition that usually occurs due to damage to surrounding inner and surrounding bone tissue. Orbital apex syndrome may result from a variety of conditions that cause damage to the superior orbital fissure and...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Accessory maxillary ostium (AMO) has a major role to play in the aetiology of maxillary sinusitis. Mucosal thickening is one of the key radiographic features of chronic maxillary sinusitis. The aim of this study was to identify the location of the...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is the most common type of fungal sinus infection. AFS is a robust allergic reaction to inhaled soil fungi that causes sinus inflammation, and the fungal debris then accumulates in the sinus cavities. This accumulat...

Jul 13th, 2021 - Odontogenic sinusitis (ODS) can cause infectious orbital, intracranial, and osseous complications. Diagnosis and management of complicated ODS have not been discussed in recent sinusitis guidelines. The purpose of this systematic review was to des...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - The guidance deals with the recommended applications, procedures, and safety management of nebulizer therapy for acute rhinosinusitis. In Japan, nebulizer therapy for sinusitis has been covered by public health insurance since 1958 and has been co...

Nov 5th, 2018 - Sinusitis is common in children that usually resolves spontaneously. Imaging is not part of the standard of care for initial diagnosis, however may be necessary in cases with persistent or chronic sinusitis to guide surgical intervention, or to ru...

Apr 3rd, 2015 - The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation has published a supplement to this issue featuring the updated "Clinical Practice Guideline: Adult Sinusitis" as a supplement to Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. To assis...

Mar 28th, 2014 - Several guidelines for the management of respiratory tract infections in children are available in Italy, as well as in other European countries and the United States of America. However, poor adherence to guidelines and the sustained inappropriat...

Nov 19th, 2013 - Most upper respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses and require no antibiotics. This clinical report focuses on antibiotic prescribing strategies for bacterial upper respiratory tract infections, including acute otitis media, acute bacte...

Apr 26th, 2020 - The current clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis recommends that the diagnosis of acute sinusitis is made when symptoms of an upper respiratory infection ...

Mar 16th, 2020 - FDG-PET imaging is a promising imaging technique, which has the potential to overcome many of the shortcomings mentioned previously with regard to radiologic and scintigraphic methodologies. FDG is a diagnostic tracer utilized to measure the metab...

Mar 8th, 2020 - The primary objective is to estimate the cost-utility ratio of the sinuplasty balloon after frontal sinus surgery, compared to surgery by rigid instrumentation, in a randomized single-blind controlled study. The secondary objectives is to compare:...

Dec 16th, 2019 - This is a cross-sectional and non-interventional study to investigate mechanisms of disease in patients with asthma who have concomitant chronic sinusitis and/or nasal polyps (upper airway disease). Approximately 160 participants will be enrolled....

Nov 26th, 2019 - The ENCORE Study is a prospective open-label, non-randomized, multicenter study in CS patients who had undergone prior endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) including bilateral total ethmoidectomy and present with bilateral ethmoid polyposis.

Jun 17th, 2021 - Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a significant health problem that affects approximately 25%-30% of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. CRSwNP can cause long-term symptoms such as prominent nasal obstruction, postnasal drip, ...

Apr 21st, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016 to remove systemic quinolones' indication for acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection, acute sinusitis, and acute exacerbation of COPD reduced, but didn't elimina...

Apr 13th, 2021 - This article originally appeared on Hospital for Special Surgery's website. Case Report A 39-year-old man with a history of well-controlled type 1 diabetes (T1D) since childhood and migraine presented with 1 week of pain and cyanosis of the finger...

Apr 4th, 2021 - An antibiotic course of 5 days is usually just as effective as longer courses but with fewer side effects and decreased overall antibiotic exposure for a number of common bacterial conditions, according to new clinical guidelines published today b...

Nov 24th, 2020 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to include postexposure prophylaxis of uncomplicated influenza in people aged 12 years and older. "This expanded indication for Xo...