BACKGROUND Fifty patients with chronic sinusitis evaluated thoroughly and CT findings of those patients were correlated with nasal endoscopy findings. Chronic sinusitis is one of the commonest nasal diseases. It is more often seen in patients with sinonasal variations. A prospective clinical study was conducted in fifty patients of chronic sinusitis. All of them were subjected for CT scan and Nasal Endoscopy. It was observed that sinonasal variations are seen in majority cases of chronic

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... is. Hence, it is concluded to subject every patient of chronic sinusitis to CT scan of nose and PNS, diagnostic nasal endoscopy before planning for surgical treatment. KEYWORDS Chronic Sinusitis, CT Scan of Nose and PNS and Nasal Endoscopy. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Rao AVSH, Kumar BV, Babu JS. Study of sinonasal variations by CT scan and nasal endoscopy in chronic sinusitis: a prospective clinical study.