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Septum
Septum
- SEPTAL DEVIATION
- SEPTAL HEMATOMA
- SEPTAL ABSCESS
- SEPTAL PERFORATION
SEPTAL DEVIATION
- Normal Septum midline divide Nasal Cavity
ETIOLOGY - Traumatic
- intra uterine
- perinatal
- accident/sport
TYPES :
- Cartilagineus site bony site
- mild, moderate & severe deviation
Type :
1. C form
2. S (sigmoid form)
3. Spine & Spur forming
4. With synechiae to the middle
turbinate
- With or Without Signs & Symptoms
- Headache Vacuum/Pressure
- Paranasal sinus ostia obstruction
-Nasal bleeding (epistaxis)
-Compensatory
inferior
nasal
hypertrophy
DIAGNOSIS
- Anterior Rhinoscopy
- Nasal Endoscopy
turbinate
MANAGEMENT :
- No signs & symptoms No Surgery !!
- With signs & symptoms
Necessary for SURGERY :
complications
COMPLICATIONS :
- Paranasal sinusitis
- Recurrent nasal bleeding
COMPLICATIONS :
SEPTAL PERFORATION
ETIOLOGY : - MOST COMMON Iatrogenic & Trauma
- Septal abscess
- Wegeners granulomatosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Lupus
- Vascular collagenic diseases
- Neoplasms/Malignancies
- Rhinolith
Nasal Endoscopy
MANAGEMENT :
- Small perforation no problem
NO SURGERY !!
- Nasal Irrigation
- Septal Buttons