Complications of acute rhinossinusitis. A clinical radiological review

P Carvalho Dos Santos; P Costa; I Carvalho; C Sousa

doi:10.1016/j.rxeng.2022.03.006

Complications of acute rhinossinusitis. A clinical radiological review

Radiologia (Engl Ed). 2024 Nov-Dec;66(6):577-587. doi: 10.1016/j.rxeng.2022.03.006.

Authors

P Carvalho Dos Santos¹, P Costa², I Carvalho³, C Sousa³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Otorrinolaringología, Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Departamento de Radiología, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal.
³ Departamento de Otorrinolaringología, Cirugía de Cabeza y Cuello, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

PMID: 39674622
DOI: 10.1016/j.rxeng.2022.03.006

Abstract

Acute rhinossinusitis is defined as a symptomatic inflammation of the nasal fossa and paranasal sinuses. The diagnosis of this disease is clinical and usually does not require imaging evaluation. However, when there is a suspicion of a complication or even for surgical planning, imaging is of primordial importance. The aim of this paper is to provide a concise pictorial review with clinical and imagiological correlation of the most common complications in acute rhinossinusitis to provide relevant clinical data and highlight the most important imaging findings.

Keywords: Absceso cerebral; Absceso cerebral sinusitis; Brain abscess; Cavernous sinus thrombosis; Celulitis orbitaria; Orbital cellulitis; Pott Puffy Tumor; Sinusitis; Trombosis del seno cavernoso; Tumor inflamatorio de Pott.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Humans
Rhinitis / diagnostic imaging
Sinusitis* / complications
Sinusitis* / diagnostic imaging