Open AccessRadiologic Study of the Nasal Septal Swell Body and its Relationship to Septal Deviation
Author(s) -
Veronica Marie Mendoza,
January E. Gelera,
Christen-Zen Sison,
Francis Aaron Dizon,
Juan Miguel Manalo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
philippine journal of otolaryngology head and neck surgery (on-line)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2094-1501
DOI - 10.32412/pjohns.v35i1.1273
Subject(s) - medicine , left axis deviation , radiography , correlation , nuclear medicine , cardiology , surgery , electrocardiography , mathematics , geometry
ABSTRACT
Objective: To compare the radiographic features of the nasal septal swell body (NSB) with the laterality of nasal septal deviation and investigate whether there is a correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size.
Methods:
Design: Retrospective Observational Study
Setting: Tertiary Private University Hospital
Participants: 30 paranasal sinus computerized tomography scans from January to October 2017
Results: A septal deviation was present in 60% of the subjects. In 78% of cases with septal deviation, the NSB was noted to be significantly larger on the side opposite the nasal septal deviation (p < .05).
Conclusion: The correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size had a value of (r = 0.37) therefore, no positive correlation was established. Subjects with almost symmetric NSB measurements tend to have no septal deviation. On the other hand, the NSB is more prominent contralateral to a septal deviation.
Keywords: nasal septal swell body; septal deviation; inferior turbinate hypertrophy