Frecuencia de hallazgos imagenológicos en pacientes de 15 a 55 años que se realizaron tomografía de senos paranasales en la Clínica Santa Ana – Cuenca agosto 2022- marzo 2024

Abstract

Background: When evaluating paranasal sinuses, one of the most frequent pathologies detected sinusitis, which is an inflammation of the mucosa in the paranasal sinuses. It can affect one or multiple anatomical areas, which is a condition called pansinusitis. (1,2) Septal deviation is a deformation of the nasal septum which causes total or partial nasal obstruction. Nasal polyps are abnormal growths of benign, painless bands developed in the paranasal sinuses, which cause different respiratory problems (dyspnea), headache, etc. (3,4)(5). Objective: To determine the frequency of imaging findings in patients aged 15 to 55 years who underwent tomo graphy of the paranasal sinuses at Santa Ana Clinic, in Cuenca, from August 2022 to March 2024. Methods: Descriptive research was conducted to collect data from imaging reports of patients who went to Santa Ana Clinic to undergo tomography of the paranasal sinuses from August 2022 to March 2024. Data were processed, tabulated, and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 29. Results: The most frequent finding in the study of paranasal sinuses by tomography was a combination of turbinate hypertrophy, sinusitis, and septal deviation (51.4%); the most affected age range was that of 21 to 25 years, out of 42 patients (17.3%); in terms of sex, females accounted for 54.6%, that is, 136 cases, and 113 males, which represents 45.4% of the overall sample.