Volume 31 Number 2 (2022)

Silent Sinus Syndrome: A Case Report

Shirin M1 , Sultana S2 , Islam T3 , Atreya S4

Mymensingh Med J 2022 April; 31 (2): 562-563

PMID: 35383781

Abstract

To describe a case of silent sinus syndrome in the perspective of imaging studies, on 2 January 2020 we present this case of a 26-year-old Bangladeshi man with unilateral right facial asymmetry and no sino-nasal symptoms. He was referred to the Ophthalmology Department with complain of right palpebral ptosis and facial asymmetry for 7 months. On physical examination, painless enophthalmos and hypo globus of the right eye was seen. The computed tomography scan of the paranasal air sinuses showed opacification of the right maxillary sinus along with retraction of the walls of the sinus. Regardless of the clinical doubt, the conclusion can only be given by imaging studies, radiologist play a key role here.

Keywords: Silent sinus syndrome, Computed Tomography, Radiology, Paranasal air sinuses


  1. Associate Professor

    Department of Radiology and Imaging, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Volume 31, Number 2 (2022)
Page: 562-563