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A member asked:
There is mucosal thickening in the maxillary and ethmoid air cells as well as in the mastoids bilaterally" this was in my 2 1/2 year old sons mri?
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Talk to Doctor: Could be indicative of a sinus infection requiring antibiotics and/or corticosteroids. Talk to your doctor about the results and correlate them to his clinical presentation. If your son is symptomatic then he might require treatment.
Answered 3/7/2015
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