Open AccessQuest for haller cells: A digital orthopantomography study
Author(s) -
Kavitaa Nedunchezhian,
Nalini Aswath,
A. Amudhan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_65_17
Subject(s) - medicine , maxillary sinus , radiography , sinusitis , mucocele , sinus (botany) , orbit (dynamics) , dentistry , differential diagnosis , chronic sinusitis , orthodontics , radiology , surgery , pathology , botany , biology , engineering , genus , aerospace engineering
Haller Cells refer to the ethmoidal pneumatization and are the extensions of anterior ethmoid sinus into the floor of the orbit and superior aspect of the maxillary sinus, basically an anatomic variation. They may be associated with orofacial pain, sinusitis, nasal obstruction, impaired nasal breathing, headache, chronic cough, and mucocele. The aim of the present study was to identify, determine the prevalence and characteristics of Haller's cells on Digital orthopantomographs in patient's reporting to a dental institution in Chennai.