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Sinusitis

La sinusitis es la inflamacion de las cavidades sinusales que son espacios humedos y huecos en los huesos del craneo. Hay cuatro pares de senos:
  • Senos frontales
  • Senos maxilares
  • Senos etmoides
  • Senos esfenoides (no se muestran en la ilustracion)

Si la abertura de la cavidad sinusal se tapona, el flujo de moco se bloquea y la presion crece lo que causa dolor e inflamacion.


Sinusitis



Fecha de revision: 1/23/2008
Version en ingles revisada por: Alden J. Pearl, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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