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Prevalence of sinusitis and mastoiditis in headache

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https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2013003008
Polat, C., Baykara, M., Yüce, S., Önder Uysal, İsmail, & Doğan, M. (2013). Prevalence of sinusitis and mastoiditis in headache. ENT Updates, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.2399/jmu.2013003008
Volume 3 Issue 3 (2013)
Copyright (c) 2013 Cahit Polat, Murat Baykara, Salim Yüce, İsmail Önder Uysal, Mansur Doğan
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Authors

  • Cahit Polat
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Elazığ Training and Research Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey
  • Murat Baykara Department of Radiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazığ, Turkey
  • Salim Yüce Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • İsmail Önder Uysal Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
  • Mansur Doğan Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

Objective: To analyze the ratio of paranasal sinusitis and mastoid air cell pathologies in patients presenting with complaints of headache in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey.

Methods: A total of 2750 individuals presenting with complaints of headache and underwent cranial computed tomography and brain magnetic resonance imaging between 2006 and 2010 were included in the present study. Radiological examinations were analyzed for sinusitis and mastoditis.

Results: Mastoid air cells were found to be infected in 211 (7.7%) of 2750 cases included in the study, they were not infected in the remaining 2539 (92.3%) cases. Paranasal sinuses were not infected in 2516 (91.5%) cases and infected in 234 (8.5%) cases.

Conclusion: Contrary to the popular belief, considering sinusitis as the source of headache in a person presenting with such a complaint would not be the right thing to do. Presumed prevalence of sinusitis and mastoiditis in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey is consistent with the data reported in the literature.

Keywords:

Headache paranasal sinusitis mastoid air cells radiology