Repetitive Sinus-Related Symptoms May Accelerate the Progression of Chronic Maxillary Atelectasis

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Summary of the clinical examination at the time the patient presented at our hospital. (a) Facial appearance: the arrows in the right and left pictures indicate the superior sulcus. The right superior sulcus appears to be deeper than the left superior sulcus. (b) Endoscopic findings: the right middle meatus is more enlarged than the left middle meatus. (c) Axial and coronal views on computed tomography. (d) T1 and T2 weighted images on magnetic resonance imaging. The T1 axial image shows that the right medial wall of the maxillary sinus (shown by the arrow) deviates laterally. The T2 coronal image indicates inferior bowing of the inferior wall of the orbit (shown by the arrow). The T2 sagittal images show prominent deviation of the posterior wall in the right maxillary sinus (shown by the arrow in the right image) relative to the structure in the left maxillary sinus (left image). The red and blue lines in the T2 axial image indicate the distance from the center line to the most deviated medial wall of the maxillary sinus.

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