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MAX UNGER, M.D.
NEW YORK

Arch Otolaryngol. 1950;52(5):786-791.

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The maxillary antrum, by reason of its location and the relation of its natural orifice to the infundibulum, serves as a reservoir for its own secretions and those of the frontal and anterior ethmoidal sinuses. This function of reservoir is necessary when there is an extraordinarily rapid secretion of mucus to moisten the inspired air, as happens during periods of great muscular exertions and consequent increased respiration. The same anatomic conditions cause it to become a reservoir of purulent secretions during a nasosinusitis. While the antrum may not be the originator of the infection, the accumulation of pus in it serves to keep the infection alive and to cause reinfection of the rest of the nose and sinuses.

The desirability of cleaning out the antrum is apparent and sometimes becomes imperative when closure of the natural orifice by polyps or swollen mucous membrane seals up an accumulation of pus. The . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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