Morphometry of frontal sinus in correlation to age and gender by Computed TomoFig.y

Abstract

Introduction: Frontal sinuses are paired irregularly shaped pneumatized cavities that are located in the frontal bone, posterior to the superciliary arch and superior to each eye and extends between the anterior and posterior tables of the ascending portion of the frontal bone. The uniqueness of the frontal sinus continues with the absence, or presence of a septum which typically deviates from the midline of the left and right frontal sinus. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study conducted at Department of Anatomy and Radiology, Index Medical College, Indore with included 90 Sample sizes over a period of 2 years. Either gender of Age group between 1 to 70 years were included. They were included in the study after recording demoFig.ic data, brief history of the present illness and past medical/surgical history. The various parameters like height, width and depth of the frontal sinus were measured using Computed tomoFig.y scans in the Osirix software. Result: A total of 90 patients who fulfilled the selection criteria during the study were enrolled, 49 were males and 41 females, which correspond to 54.5% of male and the rest female. In our study, differences were found between male was 3.83 cm and female was 2.92 cm of right height of frontal sinus. There is statistically significant difference between the male and female measurements allowed the observer to perform the comparison between sexes utilizing just one sinus’ parameters. In our study, the frontal sinus of right width in males was 2.74 cm and in females it was 2.23 cm. The width of the frontal sinus was not found to be significant in relation to gender in our study. Conclusion: It was found that the length and width of the frontal sinus area, increase with age because of hormonal and mechanical stresses of mastication. In addition, the size was increasing due to bone resorption of sinus.