ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY OF THE NASAL SEPTUM

 

Kormilina A.R.¹^,³, Serova N.S.², Tukhbatullin M.G.¹^,³, Pasynkov D.V.¹^,⁴, Gilyalov M.N.³

 

1 – Kazan State Medical Academy – Branch Campus of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education «Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education». Kazan, Russia.

2 – Sechenov University. Moscow, Russia.

3 – Republican Clinical Hospital of Ministry Health of Tatarstan Republic. Kazan, Russia.

4 - Mari State University. Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.

Purpose. To study the stiffness of the cartilaginous part of the nasal septum (NS) in normal and pathological conditions.

Materials and methods. Ultrasound examinations in B-mode and in shear wave elastography (SWE) mode of the cartilage region of the NS were performed in 78 patients aged 17 to 69 years on Resona 7 (Mindray), i-800 (Canon) ultrasound scanners using linear transducers with a frequency of 3-9 and 5-18 MHz, respectively. The control group included 30 patients without NS pathology. The study group included 48 patients with NS perforation.

Results and discussion. Normally, the stiffness values of the NS were (± standard deviation [SD]) 26.49±4.40 kPa and increased in direct proportion to age. The stiffness values for perforation of the cartilaginous part of the nasal septum were significantly higher than those in the norm (43.05±3.44; p<0.001).

Conclusion. The NS plays an exceptional role in the formation of a person's face and determines his individual features. During the formation of NS perforation, the stiffness of the cartilage increases regardless of age. The study of the NS stiffness is of great importance in pathological conditions and surgical interventions on the NS.

 

Keywords: nasal septum, cartilage stiffness, ultrasound shear wave elastography.

 

Corresponding author: Blinov V.S, e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript

 

For citation: Kormilina A.R., Serova N.S., Tukhbatullin M.G., Pasynkov D.V., Gilyalov M.N. Ultrasound elastography of the nasal septum. REJR 2026; 16(2):46-54. DOI: 10.21569/2222-7415-2026-16-2-46-54.

Received:        31.10.25 Accepted:       01.08.26