Unilateral inferior turbinate bone hypertrophy: Is it compensatory or congenital?

CONCLUSION: We claim that these results indicate that skeletal and soft tissue IT hypertrophy seem to be compensatory and evolves with age rather than being congenital. Therefore, skeletal enlargement is prominent in anterior, middle, and posterior thirds of HIT in patients with septal deviation in adults but not in the pediatric group. PMID: 23883804 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23883804?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy - July 1, 2013 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Aslan G, Uzun L, Ugur MB, Uckurt YS, Sagun OF, Yazicilar O Tags: Am J Rhinol Allergy Source Type: research