caldwell luc’s approach that opened a new cell in the alveolar recess - The alveolar recess cell

Hitesh. P. Satapara patel, director, aum ent hospital morbi, gujarat
Kirti. P. Ambani, associate professor ent gmers medical college himmat nagar, gujarat
Vinod felix, senior consultant ent and endoscopic skull base surgeon kims health, anayara, thiruvananthapuram. kerala 695029
Lakshmi. A, senior resident ent kims health, anayara, thiruvananthapuram, kerala 695029Follow

Article Type

Case Report

Subject Area

Nose and paranasal sinuses

Abstract

Pneumatization of the maxillary sinus is variable even after birth with the alveolar recess being a foci of sinus pathologies especially of odontogenic fungal sinusitis. We present a similar case with hyper pneumatized alveolar recess that warranted a Caldwell Luc’s approach apart from FESS to clear the pathology, but after opening up the alveolar recess, an additional drilling was required at the level of floor of the nasal floor to open up the rest of the sinus. CT PNS of this patient showed a cell in the recess with bony walls opening postero superiorly unlike septation which is easily removed and which do not obstruct the view of the rest of the sinus. Thus, a new alveolar recess cell was discovered which required an additional approach to clear the pathology.

Keywords

Alveolar recess cell; Caldwell Luc's; fungal sinusitis; FESS; MMA, CT PNS

Recommended Citation

patel H, Ambani K, felix V, et al. caldwell luc’s approach that opened a new cell in the alveolar recess - The alveolar recess cell. Pan Arab J. Rhinol. 2024; 14 : -.
Available at: https://pajr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol14/iss2/6 DOI: https://doi.org/10.58595/2090-7559.1239