Chronic sinusitis in patients with cleft palate.

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It has been reported that cleft palate patients often have sinusitis, but the details of their sinusitis are not known. We compared sinusitis in cleft palate patients with that in normal subjects, and we investigated the incidence of sinusitis in cleft palate patients in different age groups and the effect of medical treatment.1) The incidence of sinusitis in cleft palate patients showed a peak at 3 to 5 years of age and then decreased gradually. After 12 to 14 years of age, the incidence of sinusitis remained constant at 36 to 39%.2) According to Nakosi's clinical classification of sinusitis, "restricted infection" was more frequent in cleft palate patients than in normal subjects.3) Twenty six cleft palate patients with sinusitis were followed for more than 6 months.In the group of 15 treated conservatively, 11 (73.3%) showed improvement. On the other hand, only two (18.2%) of 11 untreated patients showed improvement.
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