Fibre-optic transillumination of the sinuses: a comparison of the value of radiography and transillumination in antral disease

1 February 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Clinical Otolaryngology

Vol. 3 (1) , 1-11
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2273.1978.tb00659.x

Abstract

The development of transillumination of the paranasal sinuses is reviewed. A technique of transillumination with a fibre-optic source is described. In acute sinusitis there was a very significant correlation between radiography and transilluminometry.

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