Evaluation of maxillary sinus volume and surface area in children with beta-thalassaemia using cone beam computed tomography

KOPARAL M., YALÇIN E. D., Aksoy O., Ozcan-Kucuk A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.125, pp.59-65, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 125
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.06.022
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.59-65
  • Keywords: beta-Thalassaemia, Maxillary sinus, Cone beam computed tomography, 3D evaluation, Skeletal changes, UNILATERAL CLEFT-LIP, PARANASAL SINUSES, FRONTAL SINUSES, FEATURES
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: Among children with beta-thalassaemia, skeletal changes and abnormalities, such as decreased volume or obliteration of the sinus, result primarily from hypertrophy and expansion of the erythroid marrow due to ineffective erythropoiesis. This study evaluated the volumes and surface areas of the maxillary sinuses of children with beta-thalassaemia using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), and compared these findings with corresponding measurements in age- and sex-matched control children.