CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient with impaired left-sided nasal breathing as well as recurring colds and rhinorrhea for months now.


FINDINGS:
Demonstration of a polypoid swelling of the mucous membrane of the right maxillary sinus. The left maxillary sinus is clear. The sphenoid sinus is considerably superimposed. The right frontal sinus is clear, almost total loss of radiolucency on the left side. Slight deviation of the septum to the right.


DIAGNOSIS:
Chronic maxillary and frontal sinusitis with polypoid swelling of the mucous membrane.


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Acute sinusitis


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