@article{Mendoza_Gelera_Sison_Dizon_Manalo_2020, title={Radiologic Study of the Nasal Septal Swell Body and its Relationship to Septal Deviation }, volume={35}, url={https://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/1273}, DOI={10.32412/pjohns.v35i1.1273}, abstractNote={<p> </p> <p> </p> <p>                                                                                                                     <strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To compare the radiographic features of the nasal septal swell body (NSB) with the laterality of nasal septal deviation and investigate whether there is a correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size.</p> <p><strong>Methods: </strong></p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> Retrospective Observational Study</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> Tertiary Private University Hospital</p> <p><strong>Participants:</strong> 30 paranasal sinus computerized tomography scans from January to October 2017</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A septal deviation was present in 60% of the subjects. In 78% of cases with septal deviation, the NSB was noted to be significantly larger on the side opposite the nasal septal deviation (p < .05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The correlation between the severity of the septal deviation and difference in NSB size had a value of (r = 0.37) therefore, no positive correlation was established. Subjects with almost symmetric NSB measurements tend to have no septal deviation. On the other hand, the NSB is more prominent contralateral to a septal deviation.</p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> <em>nasal septal swell body; septal deviation; inferior turbinate hypertrophy</em></p>}, number={1}, journal={Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery}, author={Mendoza, Veronica Marie and Gelera, January and Sison, Christen-Zen and Dizon, Francis Aaron and Manalo, Juan Miguel}, year={2020}, month={May}, pages={30–32} }