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. 1991 Dec;20(6):412-3.

The secondary middle turbinate

K Khanobthamchai  1 , L Shankar, M Hawke, B Bingham
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  • PMID: 1774799

The secondary middle turbinate

K Khanobthamchai et al. J Otolaryngol. 1991 Dec.

Abstract

During functional endoscopic sinus surgery, the ethmoidal infundibulum and bulla are accessed through the middle meatus. This paper describes a secondary middle turbinate which arises from the lateral wall of the middle meatus, posterosuperior to the infundibulum and points superiorly within the meatus. A secondary middle turbinate was identified bilaterally in 6 out of 400 coronal CT scans of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. The secondary middle turbinate did not obstruct the osteomeatal complex in any of our patients.

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