einstein (São Paulo). 19/Sep/2022;20:eCE0030.
Nasal deformation by face masks on computed tomography
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2022CE0030
Dear Editor,
The widespread use of face masks is an essential tool for slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and its adoption is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).() During the pandemic, several computed tomography scans of patients wearing face masks showed prominent nasal deformation, such as nasal septal deviations and nasal airway narrowing, which were absent in examinations of the same patients performed before the pandemic (). Therefore, care should be taken when evaluating the imaging examinations of the nasal region of patients wearing face masks.
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