Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . ions, it will notbe so bright. In all casesthe sides should be compared. Cysticcases will be well illuminated, andwhere there exist marked pathologi-cal changes in the nasal cavities thismethod of examination is practicallyvalueless. Latent antral diseases are,thus, frequently detected. When a collection of mucusoccurs (hydrops antri), a similar setof symptoms presents itself, but thebone is never softened, as in thepreceding condition. If the spacebe partially filled with mucus or pus,the rest of the cavity containi
Diseases of the nose and throat; a text-book for students and practitioners . ions, it will notbe so bright. In all casesthe sides should be compared. Cysticcases will be well illuminated, andwhere there exist marked pathologi-cal changes in the nasal cavities thismethod of examination is practicallyvalueless. Latent antral diseases are,thus, frequently detected. When a collection of mucusoccurs (hydrops antri), a similar setof symptoms presents itself, but thebone is never softened, as in thepreceding condition. If the spacebe partially filled with mucus or pus,the rest of the cavity containing air,the patient will notice a swashingsound when the head is shaken. Thetumors usually found in the antri arepolypi, which occasion pain, swelling, and protrusion. Phleg-monous inflammation sometimes attacks the maxillary sinuses,the result of erysipelas, diphtheria, croupous rhinitis, or —The prognosis is usually good if relief beafforded before much destruction of tissue, optic-nerve pressure,or blood-poison has occurred. Otherwise one or more teeth. Fig. 53. — Bleyers Tongue-Depressor and IncandescentLamp. DISEASES OF THE ACCESSORY CAVITIES. 141 may be lost, the face disfigured, the eye protruded, or visiondestroyed. Death may result from blood-poison or from exten-sion of the disease to neighboring cavities. Treatment.—The treatment should be medicinal andmechanical. In the case of abscess, etc., if the pus cannotfind an exit through the natural opening, an attempt may bemade to pass a curved probe through this canal,—an exceed-ingly difficult and often impossible procedure. When theattempt is successful, the fluid may be drained off, althoughit may still become necessary to make an opening into thechamber, usually through the space left after the extractionof the first or second molar tooth. If the extraction fail togive exit to the pus, a probe or director should be pushed frombelow upward, toward the inner canthus; but in some cases itis impos
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