What causes mucosal thickening in ethmoid sinus?
Mucosal thickening is an inflammatory reaction with hyperplasia of the mucous lining of the maxillary sinus. This condition may result from harmful actions caused by trauma, infections, chemical agents, foreign body reaction, neoplasm, or airway conditions such as allergies, rhinitis, or asthma.
What does mild mucosal thickening in the ethmoid air cells mean?
Mucosal thickening in the left anterior ethmoid and maxillary sinuses and in the region of the infundibulum. This indicates an ostiomeatal pattern of sinusitis. The sphenoid sinus drains posterior to the superior turbinate into the sphenoethmoid recess through the sphenoid ostium.
How common is mucosal thickening?
We conclude that mucosal thickening of up to 3 mm is common and lacks clinical significance in asymptomatic patients. An ancillary finding is that 1- to 2-mm areas of mucosal thickening in the ethmoidal sinuses occur in 63% of asymptomatic patients.
What causes mucosal thickening?
A mucosal thickening in this region can mean many things. The most likely cause is gastritis, or inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It can also be other conditions like a gastric polyp. But sometimes it can also represent something serious like a cancer.
What is treatment for mucosal thickening?
Antibiotic treatment of patients with mucosal thickening is considered to be the best treatment option yet as such treatment option doesn’t require any invasion or hard work just regular medication[1] and you will reach near the cure.
What does mucosal thickening mean?
Mucosal thickening means that those membranes are thicker than normal, usually this is because they are swollen, and that often happens when you have a cold, a flu, an allergic reaction. So it’s the medical terminology for feeling “all stuffed up”.
What is mild polypoid mucosal thickening?
Mucosal thickening and polyps in sinuses are usually seen in chronic sinusitis. It may also be due to infection of the dental root. This can be treated with antihistamines like levocetrizine, decongestants and steam inhalation. Please consult your treating doctor before any medicine is started.
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