Excessive Paranasal Sinuses and Mastoid Aeration as a Possible Cause of Chronic Headache

Table 2

Volume measurements (mm³) of frontal, maxillary, and sphenoid sinuses and mastoid air cells.

	Patient	Karakas and Kavakli [2]	Pondé et al. [3]	Kim et al. [8]
Frontal sinus
Right	36338
Left	38902
Total	75240	𝟖𝟒𝟏𝟎±𝟒𝟎𝟑𝟎	𝟖𝟎𝟐𝟖±𝟔𝟎𝟖𝟏	4430
Maxillary sinus
Right	23988	15040±5200		17259
Left	24240	15970±6650		17415
Total	48228	𝟑𝟎𝟗𝟖𝟎±𝟏𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟎		34675
Sphenoid sinus
Right	9962
Left	11396
Total	21358	𝟖𝟓𝟑𝟎±𝟒𝟏𝟗𝟎		10671
Mastoid air cells
Right	24986	9790±2820		5463
Left	31160	9690±2960		5911
Total	56146	𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟖𝟎±𝟓𝟔𝟐𝟎		11374