신경과 진료 후 비부비동 수술을 시행받은 환자의 임상적 특성

Background and Objectives: Magnetic resonance imaging is commonly used in neurologic examination of intracranial problems. Incidental abnormalities in the sinonasal area without clinical symptoms have been reported in about 38% of patients. Subjects and Method: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of sinonasal surgical patients transferredfrom neurologists. Two hundred two patients were enrolled and divided into two groups. Group I patients had been directlytransferred from the Neurology Department within 1 month after neurologic evaluation. Group II patients directly visited theRhinology Department without a neurologic evaluation within the prior year. Both groups had received sinonasal endoscopic surgeryor septal surgery. Clinical characteristics, pathologic findings, and surgical results were compared between groups. Results: Headache and dizziness were common symptoms in group I. Group II patients displayed more severe sinus involvementwith nasal symptoms. Fungal ball was the main pathologic finding in group I. Nasal polyps were common in group II. Mostpatients had improved symptoms after sinonasal surgery. Conclusion: Patients transferred from the Neurology Department had different clinicopathologic characteristics than patientswithout neurologic problems who had first been evaluated at the Rhinology Department. KCI Citation Count: 0