Acute sphenoid sinusitis
Acute sphenoidal sinusitis is uncommon. It is usually seen as part of a pansinusitis.
Discriminatory clinical features include:
- headache - which may be vertical, frontal, occipital or central, or may mimic mastoiditis
- nasal discharge - seen only by posterior rhinoscopy
Specific treatment:
- the sphenoiditis may clear with treatment of the other sinusitis
- severe cases warrant catheterisation of the ostium for aspiration and lavage, or sphenoid puncture if the ostium cannot be found
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