OBJECTIVE: To investigate the features of nasal septum cellule in computed tomographic (CT) images and its clinical significance. METHOD: CT scans data of nasal septum in 173 patients were randomly obtained from January 2001 to June 2005. Prevalence and clinical features were summarized in the data of 19 patients with nasal septum cellule retrospectively. RESULT: (1) Nineteen cases with nasal septum cellule were found in 173 patients. (2) All nasal septum cellule of 19 cases located in perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone, in which 8 cases located in upper part of nasal septum and 11 located in middle. (3) There were totally seven patients with nasal diseases related to nasal septum cellule, in which 3 cases with inflammation, 2 cases with bone fracture, 1 case with cholesterol granuloma, 1 case with mucocele. CONCLUSION Nasal septum cellule is an anatomic variation of nasal septum bone, and its features can provide further understanding of some diseases related to nasal septum cellule.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Ethmoid Bone ; diagnostic imaging ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Bone ; diagnostic imaging ; Nasal Septum ; diagnostic imaging ; Retrospective Studies ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult