Table 4.
Percentage and association of left and right anatomical variations and sinus involvement (Spearman’s correlation coefficient)
Normal variation |
Side | Sinus | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maxillary |
Anterior
ethmoid |
Posterior
ethmoid |
Sphenoid | Frontal | |||||||
% | P | % | P | % | P | % | P | % | P | ||
Septal deviation | Left | 48 | 0.894 | 38 | 0.935 | 28 | 0.962 | 26 | 0.020* | 23 | 0.114 |
Right | 50 | 0.801 | 46 | 0.722 | 32 | 0.941 | 21 | 0.736 | 22 | 0.686 | |
Spur formation | Left | 23 | 0.929 | 19 | 0.969 | 15 | 0.634 | 14 | 0.056 | 8 | 0.654 |
Right | 30 | 0.283 | 28 | 0.497 | 21 | 0.545 | 11 | 0.822 | 13 | 0.779 | |
Concha bullosa | Left | 16 | 0.476 | 13 | 0.845 | 9 | 0.907 | 7 | 0.733 | 5 | 0.760 |
Right | 22 | 0.469 | 17 | 0.763 | 12 | 0.818 | 10 | 0.302 | 10 | 0.233 | |
Paradoxical middle concha |
Left | 9 | 0.006* | 9 | 0.006* | 8 | 0.054 | 5 | 0.253 | 4 | 0.871 |
Right | 6 | 0.000* | 5 | 0.064 | 5 | 0.030* | 4 | 0.034* | 5 | 0.003* | |
Agger nasi cell | Left | 38 | 0.340 | 32 | 0.359 | 24 | 0.856 | 19 | 0.640 | 16 | 0.919 |
Right | 37 | 0.026* | 32 | 0.220 | 22 | 0.318 | 15 | 0.677 | 15 | 0.598 | |
Haller cell | Left | 6 | 0.095 | 6 | 0.076 | 4 | 0.688 | 5 | 0.016* | 3 | 0.497 |
Right | 9 | 0.037* | 8 | 0.172 | 7 | 0.175 | 5 | 0.221 | 6 | 0.151 | |
Onodi cell | Left | 12 | 0.947 | 10 | 0.665 | 8 | 0.691 | 7 | 0.197 | 5 | 0.839 |
Right | 26 | 0.310 | 21 | 0.837 | 16 | 0.830 | 11 | 0.624 | 12 | 0.462 |