1Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida
2Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida
3Professor, Department of Pathology, ITS Dental College, Greater Noida
4Senior Consultant, Department of Radiology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon
To accurately determine the volume of normal maxillary sinus in adults by using multidetector computed tomography aided with dedicated software and to assess the difference in volume between males and females.
Study was conducted in Department of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida. Normal maxillary sinuses in 69 males and 49 females were evaluated by multidetector CT (64 rows of detectors) using GE OPTIMA 660 scanner. Accurate assessment of volume was done by using the auto-contour software. The data was analysed for range and average sinus volume in males and females. The difference in sinus volume between males and females was tested for statistical significance using the Students t-test.
The range of maxillary sinus volume was 6.1–23 millilitres in males and 2.2–18 millilitres in females. The average sinus volume was 13.7 millilitres in males and 9.9 millilitres in females. The difference in average sinus volume was statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Maxillary sinus Volume, Auto contour
