Abstract:
This study was aimed to study PNS diseases and their
complications using CT(computed tomography ).
It was conducted in Malitary hospital (Omdurman ),Antalya
medical center ,Alrebat universal hospital ,in the period from
april to may 2015, 86 pt of different ages and gender ,whom
suspected of having PNS diseases underwent CT scan of the
PNS using (Toshiba 64 ,GE 8 ,Siemens 16) the scanning was
done with 3-5 slice thickness .the results were confermed that
the PNS diseases were common ,the diseases of chronic
sinusiƟs had higher frequency 41% .the unilateral pathological
lesions had higher frequency 61%,also the common site of the
pathologies were maxillary sinus.the range of ages(26 to
40)had higher frequency 32% .the disease of chronic sinusitis
was more in male than female .finally the study finding that the
spiral ct effective imaging in studing pns diseases ,it superior
than plain x-ray .
