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. 2018 May 18;85(5):551–559. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.04.008

Table 4.

The relationship between the morphometric measurements and the lamina papyracea location types.

Morphometric measurements Lamina Papyracea-inferior nasal turbinate attachment type
Type A Type B Type C
Orbital entrance height (mm) 36.0 ± 1.8a 35.7 ± 1.3 34.8 ± 2.4a
Orbital entrance width (mm) 39.5 ± 1.9a 39.2 ± 1.8 38.2 ± 4.3a
Orbital entrance area (mm2) 1267 ± 68 1244 ± 66 1225 ± 128
Orbital cavity depth (mm) 46.3 ± 2.1 45.9 ± 2.5 46.9 ± 1.9
Orbital volume (mm3) 1943 ± 154 1924 ± 177 1923 ± 257
Orbital floor area (mm2) 694 ± 55a 670 ± 73 646 ± 53a
Orbital medial wall area (mm2) 725 ± 61 710 ± 49 701 ± 71



Orbital medial wall height (mm)
 Anterior 17.4 ± 2.8 17.7 ± 2.2a 15.7 ± 1.7a
 Posterior 9.6 ± 2.6 9.8 ± 1.9a 9.0 ± 2.1a



Orbital inferior-medial angle (°)
 Anterior 147.51 ± 7.55 150.87 ± 6.78a 142.73 ± 6.77a
 Posterior 152.66 ± 10.11 152.71 ± 7.46 152.17 ± 6.75



Lamina papyracea length (mm) 33.4 ± 2.9 32.2 ± 2.8a 34.9 ± 3.4a
Lamina papyracea area (mm2) 453 ± 84 444 ± 73 431 ± 54

Type A, lamina papyracea located within ≤2 mm on either side of the inferior nasal turbinate attachment; Type B, medial to inferior nasal turbinate attachment by >2 mm; Type C, lateral to inferior nasal turbinate attachment by >2 mm.

Mean ± standard deviation.

ANOVA (One-Way Analysis of Variance).

a

p < 0.05.