Abstract
Three cases of aerosinusitis, encountered recently in the department of Otorhinolaryngology at The Jikei University School of medicine were presented.
From anatomical and physiological standpoint, reconstructions of the lateral nasal walls appeared to be the most adequate treatment, through which almost complete cure could be expected. The intranasal findings and the operative findings were not always in parallel.
Etiology, common to the three cases, was considered to be pressure change on the mucous membrane adjacent to the natural orifices of the paranasal sinuses. The inti anasal findings were not always indicative of the disease. Yet, it was thought important that flight crew were to be examined and followed by subjecting them to regular physical examinations in a pressure-chamber. Changes elicited in the nasal cavities and the paranasal sinuses should be closely evaluated in the examination.
