Morphometric Parameters of the Sphenoid Sinus with Different Types of Pneumatization and Nasal Cavity in Mature Men

The aim of the study was to determine the availability of the relationship between the morphometric dimensions of the sphenoid sinus and the nasal cavity in mature men with different types of pneumatization of sinus shpenoidalis.

Material and methods. A morphometric study of 25 skull cuts of mature men with a wound type of sinus pneumatization performed in the median plane was carried out. A morphometric template and ImageJ version 1.52u program were used to determine the height and longitudinal dimensions of the sinus, the length of the Zuckerkandl line, the thickness of the sinus walls along it, as well as a number of height and longitudinal dimensions of structures forming the walls of the nasal cavity. The Statistica 6.0 program was  used  for  statistical  processing.

Results.  Comparing  the  minimum  height  of  the  sphenoid  sinus  and  the longitudinal  dimensions  of  the  middle  nasal  concha  along  the  attachment  line  and  along  the  free  edge,  the Spearman  correlation  coefficient  has  values  of  0,57  and  0,44,  respectively;  when  comparing  the  longitudinal dimensions of the sinus with the same indicators - 0,53 / 0,56 (for the maximum length of the sinus) and 0,46 / 0,45 (for the minimum); for the Zuckerkandl line, carried out to the anterior and posterior walls of the sinus, and  the height of the piriform aperture - 0,73 and 0,63, respectively.

Conclusion. Basically, regardless of the type of pneumatization of the sinus, its dimensions are not interrelated with the longitudinal and height dimensions of the nasal cavity. A significant moderate positive correlation is observed between the size of the sinus and the length of the middle nasal concha. This implies an interconnected increase in these sizes and, as a result, obtaining the greatest room for maneuver when conducting sinus probing along the Zuckerkandl line in the case of their maximum values.

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