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A coronal CT image demonstrating complete opacification of the right maxillary sinus with soft tissue extending through the ostiomeatal complex and into the right nasal cavity.
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CT scan of the sinuses to further evaluate her sinus disease. CT scan of the sinuses demonstrated complete opacification of the right maxillary sinus with soft tissue extending through the ostiomeatal complex and into the right nasal cavity (Figure 1).
Intraoperative palpation of the dental extraction site revealing no opening into the maxillary sinus (oroantral fistula).
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Palpation of the dental extraction site revealed no opening into the maxillary sinus (Figure 2).
A histologic specimen of respiratory mucosa with thickened basement membrane and mild chronic inflammation.
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The only histologic finding was chronic inflammation and thickening of the basement membrane in the respiratory mucosa (Figure 3).
A postoperative coronal CT image demonstrating well-aerated right maxillary and ethmoid sinuses without mucosal thickening with a patent ostiomeatal complex after right maxillary antrostomy, middle turbinectomy, and anterior and posterior ethmoidectomy.
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A postoperative CT scan revealed a normal maxillary antrum without fluid collection or mucosal thickening (Figure 4).