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Table 3 Standard and navigation CT scans: indications and prescribing physicians

From: Navigation and non-navigation CT scan of the sinuses: comparison of the effective doses of radiation in children and adults

Children standard CT scans

14

Children navigation CT scans

17

Indications

   

Persistent sinusitis symptoms

6

Suspected or confirmed chronic sinusitis

9

Recurrent sinusitis

2

Complicated acute sinusitis

3

Confirmation fortuitous finding another exam

2

Choanal atresia

3

Febrile neutropenia

1

Mass lesion: craniopharyngioma and maxillary myxoma

2

Hyposmia

1

  

Fungal pulmonary disease

1

  

Choanal atresia follow-up

1

  

Physician

   

Otolaryngologist

6

Otolaryngologist

15

Pediatrician

5

Ophtalmologist

1

General practitioner

3

Pediatrician

1

Adults standard CT scans

33

Adults navigation CT scans

51

Indications

   

Suspected or confirmed chronic sinusitis

22

Suspected or confirmed chronic sinusitis

42

Recurrent epistaxis

2

Recurrent sinusitis

6

Epiphora

2

Headache

1

Recurrent sinusitis

1

Hyposmia

1

Facial pain

1

Recurrent epistaxis

1

Hyposmia

1

  

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis disease

1

  

Headache

1

  

Eosinophilia

1

  

Nasal cancer

1

  

Physicians

   

General practitioner

14

Otolaryngologist

51

Otolaryngologist

9

  

Internal medecine

7

  

Ophtalmologist

2

  

Infectious disease

1