Table 1. Concurrence of accessory maxillary ostium with neighboring morphologic variants.
Variations | Presence/absence of right AMO N (%) | Presence/absence of left AMO N (%) | Presence/absence of bilateral AMO N (%) | Presence/absence of total AMO N (%) | OR |
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Agger nasi cell | 12–6 (28.6–1.7) | 1–4 (2.4–1.1) | 13–6 (15.5–0.8) | 26–16 (31–2.2) | 1.77 |
Haller cell | 1–17 (2.4–4.75) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 4–15 (4.7–2.1) | 5–37 (5.9–5.16) | 1.20 |
Nasal septum deviation | 10–8 (23.8–2.2) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 10–9 (11.9–1.25) | 20–22 (23.8–3.07) | 1.32 |
Hypertrophy of inferior concha | 10–8 (23.8–2.2) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 9–10 (10.7–1.4) | 19–23 (22.6–3.2) | 1.61 |
Pneumatization of middle concha | 5–13 (11.9–3.6) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 2–17 (2.9–2.4) | 7–35 (8.3–4.9) | 1.20 |
Mucus retention cysts | 1–17 (2.4–4.75) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 1–18 (1.2–2.5) | 2–40 (2.4–5.6) | 0.50 |
Maxillary sinusitis | 10–8 (23.8–2.2) | 3–2 (7.1–0.5) | 11–8 (13.1–1.1) | 24–18 (28.6–2.5) | 1.39 |
Mucosal thickening | 6–12 (14.3–3.3) | 0–5 (0–1.4) | 4–15 (4.7–2.1) | 10–32 (11.9–4.5) | 0.98 |
Abbreviations: AMO, accessory maxillary ostium; OR, odds ratio.
Note: In patients with AMO, the first number in the table represents the number of patients with corresponding left column variation, and the second number represents the number of patients without variation.