CASE REPORTS
A Case of Huge Secondary Middle Turbinate and Bifid Inferior Turbinate
Büyük İkincil Orta Konka ve Bifid Alt Konka Olgusu
Received Date : 21 Jan 2021
Accepted Date : 17 Mar 2021
Available Online : 24 Mar 2021
Oğuzhan DİKİCİa, Ercan GÜNDOĞDUb
aSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz ABD, Bursa, TÜRKİYE
bÖzel Esentepe Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, Bursa, TÜRKİYE
Doi: 10.24179/kbbbbc.2020-80342 - Makale Dili: TR
KBB ve BBC Dergisi. 2021;29(4):286-8
Copyright © 2020 by Turkey Association of Society of Ear Nose Throat and Head Neck Surgery. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
Secondary middle turbinate and bifid inferior turbinate
are rare anatomical variations of the nasal cavity. Secondary middle
turbinate usually originates from the lateral nasal wall and usually protrudes
superomedially. Bifid inferior turbinate originates from a single
root and results in double inferior turbinate. A secondary middle
turbinate can be easily mistaken for a polyp, an osteoma, or a tumor.
The bifid inferior turbinate can be overlooked during endoscopy. In this
article, we report a case of huge secondary middle turbinate and bifid
inferior turbinate. Secondary middle turbinate and bifid inferior
turbinate are rare abnormalities but they are extremely important to recognize
in order to avoid potential complications during endoscopic
nasal procedures.
Keywords: Inferior turbinate; anatomic variation; middle turbinate; computed tomography
ÖZET
İkincil orta konka ve bifid alt konka, nazal kavitenin nadir görülen
anatomik varyasyonlarıdır. İkincil orta konka, genellikle lateral
nazal duvardan kaynaklanır ve çoğunlukla süperomedyal olarak çıkıntı
yapar. Bifid alt konka, tek bir kökten kaynaklanır ve çift alt konka ile
sonuçlanır. İkincil bir orta konka, bir polip, osteoma veya bir tümör ile
kolayca karıştırılabilir. Bifid alt konka, endoskopi sırasında gözden kaçabilir.
Bu makalede, büyük ikincil orta konka ve bifid alt konka olgusunu
sunuyoruz. İkincil orta konka ve bifid alt konka, nadir görülen
anormalliklerdir, ancak endoskopik nazal işlemler sırasında olabilecek
komplikasyonları önlemek için tanınmaları son derece önemlidir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Alt konka; anatomik varyasyon; orta konka; bilgisayarlı tomografi
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