The Possible Effects of Altitude and Climate on the Development of the Frontal Sinus in Adults/Los Posibles Efectos de la Altitud y el Clima sobre el Desarrollo del Seno Frontal en Adultos

• Published in: International journal of morphology 2017-06, Vol.35 (2), p.571
• Main Authors: Asirdizer, Mahmut, Tatlisumak, Ertugrul, Bora, Aydin, Ovali, Serdar Tarhan Gulgun Yilmaz, Hekimoglu, Yavuz, Kartal, Erhan, Keskin, Siddik
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Analysis; Climate
• ISSN: 0717-9367

Climatic and altitude features of living region may affect human body. Many changes in several tissues and organs and several health problems due to climatic and altitude effects were defined in the literature. However, there were limited number of studies which evaluated correlation between development of frontal sinus and climatic/altitude effect. In this study, widths, heights, AP lengths and volumes of frontal sinus were compared by Paranasal CT scans in populations living in Van which has colder climate and higher altitude and Manisa which has milder climate and lower altitude. It was found that widths, antero-posterior lengths and volumes of frontal sinus were higher in populations living in colder climate and higher altitude according to populations living in milder climate and lower altitude. Heights of frontal sinuses were on the contrary of this. These results were found appropriate to increasing of cephalic index in cold climate according to Allen's Rule. We suggest that larger population study should be made with peoples having the same or similar race and genetic structure in different climate and altitude regions and the proportional comparison of frontal sinus measurements with cephalic index should be considered in future studies. KEY WORDS: Frontal Sinus; Paranasal CT scans; Altitude; Climate; Allen's Rule. Las caracteristicas climaticas y de altitud de una region pueden afectar al cuerpo humano. En la literatura se han identificado muchos cambios en varios tejidos y organos, como asi tambien numerosos problemas de salud debido a los efectos climaticos y de altitud. Sin embargo, existe un numero limitado de estudios que han evaluado la correlacion entre el desarrollo del seno frontal y el efecto climatico / altitud. En este estudio, los anchos, alturas, longitudes antero-posteriores y volumenes de seno frontal se compararon mediante tomografia computarizada paranasal en poblaciones que viven en Van, que tiene un clima mas frio y mayor altitud, y Manisa, que tiene un clima mas suave y menor altitud. Se encontro que los anchos, las longitudes antero-posteriores y los volumenes de los senos frontales eran mayores en poblaciones que vivian en un clima mas frio y de mayor altitud respecto a poblaciones que vivian en clima mas suave y con menor altitud. En relacion a la altura de los senos frontales, se dio la situacion contraria a lo anterior. Estos resultados se encontraron adecuados con el aumento del indice cefalico en la region de clima fri