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=== Natural History === | === Natural History === | ||
Acute viral and bacterial rhinosinusitis are mostly self-limiting diseases, which resolve within 4 weeks. Rarely, acute bacterial sinusitis may be complicated by extension of the infection to the surrounding organs like the eye and brain.<ref name="pmid19336696">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hwang PH |title=A 51-year-old woman with acute onset of facial pressure, rhinorrhea, and tooth pain: review of acute rhinosinusitis |journal=JAMA |volume=301 |issue=17 |pages=1798–807 |year=2009 |pmid=19336696 |doi=10.1001/jama.2009.481 |url=}}</ref> If left untreated, chronic rhinosinusitis is complications such as periorbital cellulitis, brain abscess and epidural abscess may result.<ref name="pmid16301376">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brook I |title=Microbiology of intracranial abscesses and their associated sinusitis |journal=Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. |volume=131 |issue=11 |pages=1017–9 |year=2005 |pmid=16301376 |doi=10.1001/archotol.131.11.1017 |url=}}</ref> | |||
=== Complications === | === Complications === | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]
Overview
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Natural History
Acute viral and bacterial rhinosinusitis are mostly self-limiting diseases, which resolve within 4 weeks. Rarely, acute bacterial sinusitis may be complicated by extension of the infection to the surrounding organs like the eye and brain.[1] If left untreated, chronic rhinosinusitis is complications such as periorbital cellulitis, brain abscess and epidural abscess may result.[2]
Complications
Prognosis
References
- ↑ Hwang PH (2009). "A 51-year-old woman with acute onset of facial pressure, rhinorrhea, and tooth pain: review of acute rhinosinusitis". JAMA. 301 (17): 1798–807. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.481. PMID 19336696.
- ↑ Brook I (2005). "Microbiology of intracranial abscesses and their associated sinusitis". Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 131 (11): 1017–9. doi:10.1001/archotol.131.11.1017. PMID 16301376.