Maxillary sinus affection in cases of rhinoscleroma [Radiology versus sinuscopy]

Twenty patients diagnosed clinically and histopathologically to be rhinoscleromatous were examined radiologically, endoscopically and biopsies from the antra were taken through the sinuscope. The correlation between the radiological and endoscopic findings revealed that radiology alone was not satisfactory in diagnosing sinus affection by rhinoscleroma, while sinuscopy was an excellent mean for the visualization of sinus and the determination of the exact location and extent of the lesion and also provided an exact histopathological diagnosis of scleroma in 25% of the cases