Progress in Otolaryngology: A Summary of the Bibliographic Material Available in the Field of Otolaryngology for 1931 * THE PARANASAL CAVITIES

1 September 1932

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Vol. 16 (3) , 381-420
https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1932.00630040391009

Abstract

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY Hasty¹lays particular stress on malnutrition in childhood as being responsible for developmental defects (pathologic anatomy) in the sphenoid and ethmoid cells. The malformation and variability make them easily susceptible to disease. The author makes the statement that disease in the ethmoid cells is probably the original focus of infection that subsequently involves other paranasal sinuses. Williams²reported a case in which the patient complained of symptoms of maxillary sinus disease, and the roentgenogram revealed a few rudimentary cells occupying the normal site of the antrum. Wenner³experimented by irrigating the antrums of rabbits with chemicals such as alizarin and oxalates. These substances have the property of precipitating the calcium ions normally found in the cells of the mucous membrane lining. After irrigations he found that the cilia became paralyzed, resulting in subsequent infection in the sinuses. He concludes, therefore, that calcium is necessary for normal

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TUBERCULOSIS OF THE NASAL SINUSES TREATED BY IRRADIATION
The Lancet, 1935