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Mucocele of Middle Turbinate an Interesting Case Report and Literature Review
By Dr. Balasubramanian Thiagarajan , Prof. Venkatesan Ulaganathan
Submited on: 30 Apr 2012 05:57:47 PM GMT
Published on: 01 May 2012 05:03:25 PM GMT
 
Mucocele of Middle Turbinate an Interesting Case Report and Literature Review
Posted by Dr. John Mathew on 09 Feb 2013 07:45:22 AM GMT

  • What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?

    An uncommon case, to be kept in mind when treating patients with sinonasal problem


  • Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.

    Yes, however a mucopyocele of the middle turbinate have been reported.
     
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  • Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?

    Yes


  • Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?

    Yes


  • If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?

    NA


  • Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?

    NA


  • Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?

    NA


  • Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?

    NA


  • Other Comments:

    This article increases the clinical knowledge. No other comments.

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Have come across mucocoele within the middle turbinate, in patients with 'Concha Bullosa', during Endoscopic Nasal Surgery for sono-nasal problems

  • How to cite:  Mathew J .Mucocele of Middle Turbinate an Interesting Case Report and Literature Review[Review of the article 'Mucocele of Middle Turbinate an Interesting Case Report and Literature Review ' by Ulaganathan V].WebmedCentral 2012;4(2):WMCRW002497
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Mucocele of middle turbinate an interesting case report and literature review
Posted by Prof. Sankaranarayanan Gopalakrishnan on 30 Apr 2012 05:56:48 PM GMT

  • Other Comments: Can be published without changes.
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    NA
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
    None
  • How to cite:  Gopalakrishnan S .Mucocele of middle turbinate an interesting case report and literature review[Review of the article 'Mucocele of Middle Turbinate an Interesting Case Report and Literature Review ' by Ulaganathan V].WebmedCentral 2012;3(4):WMCRW001755
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