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Minor musocal thickening within the left frontal sinus, the ethmoid air cells and right maxillary atrium found in mri scan, have bad frontal headaches?
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Sinus: If the headaches are on that left side you may have frontal sinus outflow tract obstruction. Warm mist, ibuprofen and an OTC nasal steroid spray will help. Hope you feel better
Answered 10/4/2014
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Mucosal thickening: What you are describing is completely normal with incidental finding of mucosal thickening on MRI. It is very common to see mild sinus mucosal thickening on MRI. It is not diagnostic of sinus infection or sinus obstruction. The cause of your headache is unlikely to be related to your sinuses.
Answered 9/29/2016
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My MRI shows severe mucoperiosteal thickening in the right ethmoid air cell. Could this be causing severe sinus headaches?
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Mri showed sinusitis ethmoid air cells and mucosal thickening frontal as well as sphenoid sinuses. I been dealing with front headaches and eye pain.
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Is it okay r take Tylenol everyday for my headaches, instead of migraine medicine?been having headaches daily for 3 months, and Tylenol with caffeine helps. Sinus ct says I have mild-moderate thickening. Also ethmoid too. Mri brain is normal. Sinus?
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My neurologist told me that when the MRI showed new near complete opacification left frontal sinus, that his MRI machine is "very sensitive"- why did he tell me this? He also asked me if I have any headaches--I do not. If I had headaches, why would I?
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